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Ringfort - unclassified

Drumsawry Or Summerbank, County Meath, Ireland

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Townland
Drumsawry Or Summerbank
County
Meath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.75528, -7.12999
SMR number
ME009-044----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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 bottom of a NW-facing slope. It is not depicted on any OS 6-inch map but a circular enclosure (diam. c. 35m), probably defined by a stone wall N-E-S is visible in the distance on oblique aerial photographs (CUCAP: AHN 51, AJZ 83, APE 49), and it is also visible on the vertical aerial photographs (GSIAP: N 721-3). No archaeological feature is visible at ground level in improved pasture.

The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Meath' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1987). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of revision: 1 November 2018

References

GSIAP - Geological Survey of Ireland Aerial Photographs (c. 1973). Geological Survey. Beggars Bush, Haddington Road, Dublin 4.

CUCAP - Cambridge University Collection of Aerial Photographs. Unit for Landscape Modelling, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge. See:https://www.cambridgeairphotos.com

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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