Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ring-ditch
Headfort Demesne, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Headfort Demesne
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.72217, -6.86363
- SMR number
- ME017-065004-
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
A group of six ring-ditches situated in a slight hollow on a fairly level landscape are placed c. 100m apart on land that was once part of the demesne of Headfort House. They are only visible on Apple Maps, which utilises a survey conducted by Bluesky International during June 2018. This is a circular feature (diam. c. 12m) defined by a single fosse feature that could have an entrance (Wth c. 3m) at W. The complex was first reported by Anthony Murphy.
See the attached enhanced aerial view (L) from Apple Maps
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 27 January 2020
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.