Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Bigstown, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Bigstown
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.82339, -6.59811
- SMR number
- ME007-006----
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 on a N-facing slope. The cropmark of a circular enclosure (diam. c. 25m) defined by a continuous fosse feature is separated by a berm (Wth c. 5m) from an outer fosse (ext. diam. c. 40m) that is only traceable E-S-W. It is visible on Google Earth 29/06/2018), is also visible on OSI images (1995), and the inner enclosure is also visible on Google Earth (12/07/2013). It was first reported by Anthony Murphy.
See the attached view from Google Earth (29/06/2018)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 11 June 2019
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Memorial stoneunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.