placenames1901 census
128People recorded
33Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- Hoey 14
- Boylan 8
- Mooney 8
- Carolan 5
- Elcock 5
Dowth
Dubhadh
Excavation at Dowth Hall revealed prehistoric deposits and an underground passage cutting into an already damaged chamber.
Recorded locationDowth53.70607° N · 6.44862° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie
The name
A reliable full-name meaning has not been established here. The recorded Irish and English forms are given without an unsupported translation.
Recorded forms
- Dubhadh · Irish · main form
- Dowth · English · main form
Place & story
A floor within the chamber
Excavation between October 2021 and January 2022 examined the passage tomb beside Dowth Hall, a separate monument from Dowth’s great mound. In the northern chamber, archaeologist Clíodhna Ní Lionáin recorded a stone floor sealing deposits rich in bone; further deposits had accumulated above it. These layers record successive uses within the chamber rather than one undifferentiated burial deposit. [2]
An underground passage breaks through
In the southern chamber, the work established that a later souterrain reached and breached its wall. A roof slab over the breach reused a stone from the tomb chamber. Ní Lionáin interprets this as evidence that the chamber was already ruined when the souterrain was built. Her report also leaves open whether different layers of the cairn belonged to one construction campaign or to enlargement after an interval. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Townland
- County
- Meath
- Barony
- Slane Upper
- Civil parish
- Dowth
- Coordinates
- 53.70607, -6.44862
- Mapped area
- 4.94 km²
- Logainm ID
- 38464 ↗
People & family history
Census figures refer to the matched historical census area for each year. Boundaries and spellings can change over time.
1911 census
106People recorded
27Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
Explore the 1911 records ↗1926 census
87People recorded
24Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
Explore the 1926 records ↗Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Dowth. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- 2022:162 — Dowth Hall, licence 17E0242 · Clíodhna Ní Lionáin, Devenish
- Boundary geometry retains its source attribution and licence in the downloadable geographic record. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2026-01-27. How this page was prepared.