Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ring-ditch
Mullacloe, County Louth, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Mullacloe
- County
- Louth
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.87872, -6.55433
- SMR number
- LH014-033----
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 1636 "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated on a N-facing slope. The cropmark of a small enclosure (int. diam. c. 13m) is visible on an oblique aerial photograph (CUCAP: AYM 024) from July 1969. It is also visible on OSI images (1995), Digital Globe (2011-13) and Google Earth (12/07/2013, 21/07/2021). Enclosure (LH014-105----) is c. 40m to the ENE.
See the attached enhanced view from Digital Globe (2011-13)
The above description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 17 July 2007
Amended: 21 January 2022
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
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.