Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ring-ditch
Fosterstown South, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Fosterstown South
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.44254, -6.23832
- SMR number
- DU011-114----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
A circular ring-ditch visible as a crop mark on an aerial photograph. To the southeast a sub-circular enclosure is also visible within the same field (DU011-113----) (SMR file; pers. comm. T. Condit). The site is located on low-lying land that rises steeply to the south.No visible remains at ground level.
Compiled by: David O’Connor
Updated by: Christine Baker
Date of upload: 09 January 2015
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.