What is recorded here
The following 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: 10 July 2007
Flat-topped circular mound defined by fosse (diam. 12m) with external bank (max. ext. diam. 25m). Seven small mounds on outer bank give it beaded appearance.
A ring-barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age; its significance lies in its association with funerary practices and burial mounds characteristic of this period in Ireland.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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