Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Baile órthaí (kells Upper By.), County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Baile órthaí (kells Upper By.)
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.71541, -6.76695
- SMR number
- ME017-070----
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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
Situated on a gentle N-facing slope. The cropmark of a circular area (diam. c. 20m) defined by a fosse (Wth 3m) is visible on Apple Maps (2018). There is an entrance gap (Wth c. 5m) at E where it accesses a crescent-shaped annexe (dims c. 25m NE-SW; c. 5-7m NW-SE) attached to the perimeter ESE-SW, and some drains of a field system extend E and S. It is also partially visible on Google Earth (12/07/2013), and was first reported by Jean Charles Caillere.
See the attached enhanced view from Apple Maps (2018)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 June 2021
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ceremonial enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - pondunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.