Ordnance Survey letters Meath
Subtitle: letters containing information relative to the antiquities of the County of Meath collected during the progress of the Ordnance Survey in 1836
By: [John O'Donovan, Thomas O'Connor, and Patrick O'Keeffe] ; edited with an introduction by Michael Herity.
Contributors: O'Connor, Thomas, b. 1812.; O'Keeffe, P. (Patrick); Herity, Michael.; Ordnance Survey (Ireland)
Publisher: Four Masters Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Dublin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 146
Subjects: Ordnance Survey of Ireland -- History -- 19th century.; Meath (Ireland) -- Antiquities.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Illustrations; title: Fig. la. O'Donovan's Memoranda for Tara, Manuscript pages 259, 260 xvi; title: Fig. Ib. O'Donovan's Memoranda for Tara, Manuscript pages 261, 262 xvii; title: Fig. 2. Opening page of O'Donovan's letter from Navan, signed; title: August 19thxvii; title: Fig. 3. Plate 6 of George Petrie' paper on the flistory and Antiquities; title: of Tara Hlill, TRIA, Vol. XVIII (1837) xx; title: Fig. 4. O'Donovans sketch-map of the remains at Tailteann,; title: with names and annotations in his hand 12; title: Fig. 5. Trace from the Six-inch Fair Plan of Oristown and Teltown; title: Parishes, with annotations in John O'Donovan's hand 13; title: Fig. 6. O'Donovan's sketch-plan of the Boyne and Blackwater rivers,; title: with Drogheda, Navan and Trim 66; title: Fig. 7. O'Donovan's sketch-plan of the Boyne and Blackwater rivers,; title: showing the relative positions of the monuments in the; title: Boyne Valley, Rosnaree and Broad-Boyne, together with Tara,; title: Tailteann and Tlachtgha77; title: Fig. 8. O'Donovan's plan of monuments at the south end of the; title: complex on the Hill of Tara86; title: Fig. 9. Printed six-inch proof map with monuments on the Hill of Tara; title: and Rathmiles pencilled in with annotations by O'Donovan.; title: Manuscript page 229 _ 90; title: Fig. 10. Manuscript plan of Tara with sites described by; title: Kineth OHanrigan, as identified and numbered by O'Donovan; title: in the text of his letter, pages 219 to 23891; title: Fig. 11. Index map showing baronies and parishes of county Meath,; title: probably that used by John O'Donovan during his fieldwork; title: in the summer of 1836 46.