Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ring-ditch
Ricetown (slane Lwr By; Mitchelstown Par.), County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ricetown (slane Lwr By; Mitchelstown Par.)
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.78485, -6.67508
- SMR number
- ME012-057----
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 an E-facing slope. The cropmark of a small circular enclosure (diam. c. 8m) defined by a single fosse is visible on Bing images. It is also visible on OSI images (1995) and on Google Earth (29/06/2018). It was first reported by Jean Charles Caillére.
See the attached enhanced view from OSI images (1995)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 25 January 2023
Nearby in the register
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Cross - High crossunder 1 mi
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.