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Map note: Mound in Monknewtown is a mound around Monknewtown, County Meath, Ireland. There is no need to invent a lost kingdom to make the name interesting.
A circular, flat-topped mound (Diam. c.125m) was identified from Lidar coverage (Davis et al 2010, 158,B5-i).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record ME019-096

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