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Mound in Dowth, County Meath (ME019-052----)

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ME019-052----
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Map note: Around Dowth, County Meath, Ireland, the map records Mound in Dowth as a mound. The past can keep its secrets; the map gives you a starting point.
Low oval mound (dims. c. 14m N-S, c. 9m E-W, H c. 0.5m). Possibly natural.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record ME019-052

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