Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ring-ditch
Ardagh, County Louth, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ardagh
- County
- Louth
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.73675, -6.45909
- SMR number
- LH023-011----
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
Located towards the top of the S-facing slope of the ENE-WSW ridge that is Louth Hill. The cropmark of a circular enclosure (diam. c. 8m) defined by a single continuous fosse feature is visible on Google Earth (2013). It was first identified by Faith Bailey.
See the attached enhanced view from Google Earth
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload; 24 July, 2018
Nearby in the register
- Barrow - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.