What is recorded here
Located on the summit of Skreen Hill with wide views out in every direction; the S-N ridge of Tara is the most prominent feature c. 3.5km to the W. The early monastery at Achall, which was later known as Scrín Colum Chille, and the medieval parish church (ME032-047003-) that supplanted it are within a subrectangular graveyard (dims c. 55m E-W at S to c. 85m E-W at N; c. 65-75m N-S) defined by masonry walls. Dopping (1682-5) says the graveyard was enclosed at that time, half with a masonry wall and half with an earthen bank (Ellison 1972, 6).
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record ME032-047011
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Photo credits
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Ianfhunter, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0
- Patrick Brown, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Kieran Campbell, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Anthony Foster, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Anthony Foster, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Neil Forrester, Co.Meath, Ireland. http://neil.forrester.ie, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0
- William Murphy, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
- C O'Flanagan, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
graveyard/cemetery6 yd
Skreen ChurchChurch · 13 yd
Candle HillMountain / peak · 1322 ydClusker Wood SouthWood · 1.9 miTara Open StudioGallery · 1.9 mi
Hill of TaraVisitor information · 1.9 mi
CastleCastle, tower house · 1.9 mi
Saint Patrick'sMemorial · 2.0 mi
Dumha na nGiallArchaeological place · 2.0 mi
Battle of Tara HillBattle · 2.1 mi
Battle of Tara (Ireland)Major battlefield · 2.1 mi
Rath MeaveHenge · 2.3 miMore archaeology and monuments in County Meath · All of County Meath
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