What is recorded here
The mound forms part of a landscaped garden behind a residence, which borders onto the North Strand at Howth. It is a flat-topped mound, truncated on the N side where it has been walled in (diam. c. 20m; H 3m). It is one of a number of mounds in the immediate area, two of which produced burials.
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record DU015-020
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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Photo credits
- Karri Huhtanen, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Sebb, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Mic from Reading - Berkshire, United Kingdom, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
- O'Dea, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- William Murphy, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Wingbat, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Rossyxan, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Sarah777 at English Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
- 瑞丽江的河水, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Raymond Okonski, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
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