Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ring-ditch
Knowth, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knowth
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.70585, -6.48674
- SMR number
- ME019-029----
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
Located in a slight E-W dip or fold between a rise to the N and the ridge of Knowth c. 200m to the S, and it is c. 75m NE of the burial ground (ME019-028----). This is a circular grass-covered area (diam. 27m) defined by a fosse. It is overlain by the E bank of enclosure (ME019-075----).
See attached image of monument taken from Google Earth.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Meath' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1987). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of revision: 10 July 2007
Amended: 8 June 2021
References
Stout, G. 2005 Interpretation of an earthwork complex at Knowth, Co. Meath. In C. Corlett and T. Condit (eds.), Above and beyond; essays in commemoration of Leo Swan, 383-92. Bray. Wordwell.
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Structureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.