Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ring-ditch
Aclare Cottage Demesne, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Aclare Cottage Demesne
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.84576, -6.63290
- SMR number
- ME006-021002-
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 fairly level landscape. The cropmark of a small enclosure (diam. c. 15-20m) defined by a continuous fosse feature is visible on an aerial photograph (CUCAP: BDP 39). It is also visible on the OSI images (1995). The ring-ditch (ME006-021----) is c. 40m to the NW.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 26 October, 2018
References
CUCAP - Cambridge University Collection of Aerial Photographs. Unit for Landscape Modelling, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge. See:https://www.cambridgeairphotos.com
OSAP - Ordnance Survey Aerial Photographs. Photographic collection. Ordnance Survey of Ireland. Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Barrow - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.