Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Monknewtown, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Monknewtown
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.71659, -6.47676
- SMR number
- ME019-097----
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).
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
A circular depression identified from Lidar survey of the Boyne Valley (Davis et. al. 2010,162, C6-ix). Recorded by Davis (2010, 162) as Site C6-ix.
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout
See attached Lidar image showing Site C6-ix, taken from Davis et. al. 2010.
References
Davis, S., Megarry, W., Brady, C., Lewis, H., Cummins, T., Guinan, L., Turner, J., Gallagher, C., Brown, T. and Meehan, R. Boyne Valley Landscapes Project. Phase III Final Report 2010. The Heritage Council. http://www.heritagecouncil.ie/fileadmin/user_upload/INSTAR_Database/AR01047_Boyne_Valley_Final_Report_10.pdf
Nearby in the register
- Ritual site - pondunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Road - road/trackwayunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.