Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ring-ditch
Seatown East, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Seatown East
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.45884, -6.19953
- SMR number
- DU012-098----
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
Located in a large arable field, c. 412m SSW of Seatown Castle (DU012-021----) and c. 500m SSW of the Irish Sea coastline. A ring-ditch is clearly visible on Google Earth imagery (4 July 2008 and 2 June 2016). It consists of a circular feature (ext. diam. c. 11.2m) defined by a ditch (Wth c. 1.5m). There are no indications of an entrance gap across the ditch.
Compiled by: Tom Condit
Uploaded on: 27 April 2021
Nearby in the register
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Tide mill - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.