What is recorded here
Situated at the highest point of a NE-SW ridge (L c. 500m). This was described in 1970 (SMR file) as a small circular shale mound with a small quarry on the summit, but it had been removed by 1984. Mound (ME013-004----) is c. 50m to the ENE.
The above 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.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 10 July 2007
Amended: 3 August 2022
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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