Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ring-ditch
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
- 53.71968, -6.47749
- SMR number
- ME019-112----
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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1636 · Vltoniae Orientalis Pars (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)
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
Situated beside W boundary of field containing ring-ditch (ME019-113----) to N, field system (ME019-114----) to NE, embanked enclosure (ME019-016001-) to E and possible road (ME019-116----) to SE. Cropmark of circular ring-ditch (diam. c. 22m) visible on Google Earth aerial photograph taken 12 July 2013.
See attached aerial photograph showing cropmark taken from Google Earth.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 05 November 2013
Nearby in the register
- Road - road/trackwayunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ditch barrowunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.