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Ring-ditch

Westmanstown (Newcastle By., Lucan ED), County Dublin, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ring-ditch, Westmanstown, County Dublin, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Westmanstown (Newcastle By., Lucan ED)
County
Dublin
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.37988, -6.44758
SMR number
DU013-047----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1799 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. C. Kon: Ireland. a. Prov: Leinster. Counties: 1-12 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Situated in flat terrain, in a field directly adjacent to the Royal Canal, with views restricted to adjacent fields, is a very regular ring-ditch (overall diam. 9m). The circular interior is enclosed by a continuous ring-ditch and probably represents a levelled barrow.
The monument was reported by Jean-Charles Caillère and was identified from Google Earth imagery visible on the 7 May 2019.

Compiled by: Margaret Keane

Uploaded on: 7 May 2019

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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