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
- 53.71930, -6.47170
- SMR number
- ME019-115----
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).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated in E quadrant of field containing mound (ME019-017----) to SSW, embanked enclosure (ME019-016001-) and ring-ditch (ME019-112----) to W, second ring-ditch (ME019-113----) to NW and field system (ME019-114----) to NNW. Cropmark of ring-ditch (diam. c. 9m) to NNE of mound barrow (ME019-017----) 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
- Barrow - mound barrowunder 1 mi
- Flat cemeteryunder 1 mi
- Font (present location)under 1 mi
- Embanked enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.