Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Thomastown (Fore By.), County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Thomastown (Fore By.)
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.72442, -7.08639
- SMR number
- ME015-127----
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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)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
Situated on a fairly level landscape. A D-shaped grass-covered feature (dims c. 65m NE-SW; c. 55m NW-SE) defined by what might be a fosse or grass-covered drain is visible on Google Earth (17/01/2020). The straight side (L c. 45) is at SE. It was first reported by Jean Charles Caillere. It is also visible on Digital Globe.
See the attached enhanced view from Google Earth (2020)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 4 June 2020
Nearby in the register
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.