County: Meath Site name: Donaghmore, Co. Meath
Sites and Monuments Record No.: SMR ME045-042ME045-009 Licence number: —
Author: —
Site type: Graves of indeterminate date
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 708177m, N 750922m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.497172, -6.369568
In 1956 human remains were discovered at Donaghmore, Co. Meath.203 The discovery was reported to the Museum during fieldwork at a souterrain in the area and was investigated by Breandán Ó Ríordáin. The burials were found in a different part of the sandpit to the location of the souterrain, but the exact location was not noted. No grave-goods or stones were found in association with the burials, and the remains were not acquired.
203 Parish of Donaghmore, barony of Ratoath. SMR ME045-042——. The exact location of the burials is not marked but they were in the same sandpit as the souterrain ME045-009——, IGR 308250 250900.
