Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Marvelstown, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Marvelstown
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.78992, -6.78530
- SMR number
- ME011-055----
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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)
- 1790 · Composite: 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
Situated on the tip of a short S-N spur and c. 120m NNW of Marvelstown House. A circular enclosure (diam. c. 55m) defined by what might be the remnants of an earthen bank is visible on various MapGenie, Google Earth and Bing images. It was first reported by Anne-Karoline Distel.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Stone sculpture (present location)under 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.