Moat

Situated some 500m SE of passage tomb mound (ME019-045----) at Newgrange. Mound c. 25m in diam., nearly 6m high, listed as possible passage-tomb (Herity 1974, 247). Surrounded by but not centrally placed within bank (ME019-049002-) (O'Kelly 1978, 49-50). See attached Google Earth aerial photograph taken 12 November 2005. 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. Date of upload/revision: 08 November 2013 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 2/1964).

Neolithic passage tomb, dating to c. 3200–2900 BCE; part of the Brú na Bóinne complex, a UNESCO World Heritage Site significant for its advanced engineering and ritual importance in early Irish society.