Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Rossnaree, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rossnaree
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.69862, -6.49840
- SMR number
- ME019-080----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
In 2008 a geophysical survey carried out by Conor Brady of a lithic scatter site at Rosnaree discovered the remains of a sub-D-shaped enclosure (dims. 110m N-S; 110m E-W) of possible Neolithic date (Brady 2002, 8-12; SMR File).
References
Brady, C. 2002 Earlier prehistoric settlement in the Boyne Valley. Archaeology Ireland 16, 8-12.
Nearby in the register
- Barrow - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - passage tombunder 1 mi
- Promontory fort - inlandunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.