Barrow

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 Circular mound (diam. 10m, H 0.7m) with pit dug through it. Mound may be modern upcast from pit as lazy beds do not run over it. Identified (TRIA 1837 C, Pl. 7) as 'Dall'. (JRSAI 1978, 53, site a)

A ring-barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age, associated with the broader Tara landscape of ritual and burial significance. Its location near Castletown Tara suggests a possible connection to the ceremonial and political importance of the Hill of Tara in ancient Ireland.