Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Lackmelch, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lackmelch
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.70986, -6.90074
- SMR number
- ME016-064----
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 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated on a low W-E spur. The cropmark of a circular enclosure (int. diam. c. 57m N-S; c. 52m E-W) defined by a single fosse (Wth c. 3-6m) is visible on Google Earth (18/06/2017; 02/07/2018). It was first reported by Jean Charles Caillère.
See the attached enhanced aerial view from Google Earth
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload; 11 March 2020
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Pitunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.