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
Sunken trackway adjacent to, on SW side, modern road going NW from Hill of Tara; may be Petrie's (TRIA 1839, 221) Slighe Asal or Fan na gCarbad. It intersects, at N end of Teach Miodhchuarta, with another sunken trackway, the Slighe Miodhchuarta, which runs W, S of field fence and then turns SW. Slighe Dála runs parallel with the modern approach road from S, on W side of field fence. (Macalister 1931, 78-81)
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
Places near here
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Teach MiodhchuartaArchaeological place · 168 yd
Hill of TaraVisitor information · 237 yd
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Hill of Tara Visitor Centrechurch/chapel · 363 yd
St. Patricks ChurchChurch · 382 yd
Tara Open StudioGallery · 390 yd
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