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Heathtown : Henge

CountyMeath
Grid RefO 103 631
Longitude6° 20' 0.36" W
Latitude53° 36' 21.99" N
Nearest TownGarristown (5.4 Km)
OS Sheet43
UTM zone29U
UTM x676419.22656761
UTM y5943004.2702438

This is a subsite of:

Heathtown - Artificial Mound
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Visit Notes

Sunday, 3rd February 2002

Well, the actual henge on the OS map is not really there, but there is a very impressive henge bank that is almost 1.5m tall and would have been some 80 or so in diameter.

There is an eventing course that crosses it now.

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Directions

From Naul take the R108 north and after about 1.6km turn left. Go past Fourknocks to the end of the lane and turn right. Take the right fork at the next junction and then right again at thenext crossroads. The henge should be about 150m along on the right, look out for the mound.

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