Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ring-ditch
Shanlis, County Louth, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Shanlis
- County
- Louth
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.84012, -6.56367
- SMR number
- LH017-126----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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 1636 map "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1636 · Vltoniae Orientalis Pars (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1799 · Ireland. (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 on a broad, low NE-SW ridge. The cropmark of a small circular enclosure (int. diam. c. 8m) defined by a wide an uninterrupted fosse feature (Wth c. 2-3m) is visible on Google Earth images (2013) and also on Bing images (c. 2013). This feature is also visible on the OSi series of aerial images (1999-2003) and was first identified by Tom Condit.
See the attached view from Map Genie (1999-2003)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 26 May, 2017
Nearby in the register
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Architectural fragmentunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.