Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ring-ditch
Ballyman, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyman
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.20560, -6.14178
- SMR number
- DU026-065----
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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid 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)
- 1841 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
The ring-ditch is located in an area of tillage that falls S to the Bray River with views of the coastline and the Sugarloaf Mountain. The ring-ditch (diam c. 15m) is visible as a cropmark on an aerial photograph taken in 1970 (CUCAP, BDP 23). It is not visible at ground level.
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy.
Revised upload on: 21 April 2018.
References
CUCAP - Cambridge University Collection of Aerial Photographs. Unit for Landscape Modelling, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge. See:https://www.cambridgeairphotos.com
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Kiln - corn-dryingunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.