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Knowth
Meath, Republic of Ireland ยท Atlas IR1086
Location
- Atlas number
- IR1086 (1086)
- Country
- Republic of Ireland
- Current county or unitary authority
- Meath
- Historic county
- Meath
- Parish, community, or townland
- Knowth
- Latitude
- 53.69657
- Longitude
- -6.49336
- Altitude
- 42 m
Form and condition
- Type
- promontory fort
- Condition
- Extant and Likely destroyed
- Morphology
- univallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- Yes
- Number of ramparts
- 1
- Number of ditches
- 1
- Possible original entrances
- 1
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 1
- Enclosed area
- 0.36 ha
- Footprint
- 0.96 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank and counterscarp bank
- Also recorded
- ditches
- Entrance forms
- Simple Gap (East)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- inland promontory
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- pasture and scrub or bracken
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Map Depiction (1842); Earthwork Survey (1906); Other (1978); Other (1987); LiDAR Survey (2010)
Identifiers
- HER
- Archaeological Survey of Ireland SMR Database ME019-038
- National record
- record ME 019
- Wikidata
- Q31081941
Sources
References
- Davis, S., Megarry, W., Brady, C., Lewis, H., Cummins, T., Guinan, L., Turner, J., Gallagher, C., Brown, T. and Meehan, R. 2010. Boyne Valley Landscapes Project: Phase III Summary Report. Irish National Strategic Archaeological Research (INSTAR) Programme 2010.
- O'Kelly, M. 1978. Illustrated Guide to Newgrange and the other Boyne Monuments (3rd ed). Cork.
- Sweetman, D. 1987. Archaeological Inventory of County Meath. The Stationary Office, Dublin.