Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Richardstown (Ardee By., Richardstown Par.), County Louth, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Richardstown (Ardee By., Richardstown Par.)
- County
- Louth
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.85862, -6.44671
- SMR number
- LH017-133----
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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 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)
- 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1811 · 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
Located on a rise on a slight N-facing slope down to the meandering River Dee, which is c. 400m to the NW and NE. The cropmark of a circular feature (diam. c. 40m) defined by a poorly defined fosse (Wth c. 1-4m) is visible only on an Aerial Premium (2013-18) image. It was first reported by Jean Charles Caillére.
See the attached enhanced view from Aerial Premium (2013-18)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 21 January 2022
Nearby in the register
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.