What is recorded here

Barrow stood on a gentle E-facing slope in County Meath, a raised grass and scrub-covered circle twenty-one metres wide, bounded by a fosse and outer bank that merged into a field bank. It belonged to an older landscape where a rath sat nearby, both markers of human presence before modern fields erased them. The site disappeared by 1995, leaving only memory and the shape of what was lost.

Located on a gentle E-facing slope. Described in 1969 (SMR file) as a raised grass and scrub-covered circular area (diam. 21m N-S; H 1m) defined by a fosse (at S: Wth of top 11.5m; Wth of base 8m; ext. D 1.3m; at N: Wth of top 10m; ext. D 0.6m) and an outer bank (at S: Wth of base c. 7m; ext. H 1.m) that is incorporated into a field bank (at S: Wth of base 2.5m; ext. H 0.5m) E-SW. The rath (ME008-041----) was c. 10m to the NE. Both monuments had been removed by 1995 (OSAP). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Meath' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1987). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revision: 31 October 2018

A Neolithic ring-barrow; dated to approximately 2500–2000 BCE. This type of tomb is significant as an early funerary monument, often associated with elite burials and social stratification in Neolithic communities.

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