Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ring-ditch
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
- 53.69918, -6.50511
- SMR number
- ME019-125----
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 on the S bank of a W-E section of the River Boyne with the stream c. 200m to the N. The cropmark of a circular feature (diam. c. 15m) defined by a single fosse feature is visible on OSI aerial images (1995). It had been noted (Smyth 2009, 39) and was first brought to attention by Conor Brady.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 28 May 2018
References
Smyth, J. (ed.) 2009 Brú na Bóinne World Heritage Site: Research Framework. The Heritage Council, Kilkenny.
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.