Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ring-ditch
Briarleas, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Briarleas
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.66068, -6.25092
- SMR number
- ME028-053----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1799 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1841 · 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
An aerial photograph (OSAP, 1995) shows the cropmark of a ring-ditch (diam. c. 10m). (Pers com. Colin Byrne).
See the attached enhanced view from OSAP (1995)
Date of upload: 15 September, 2017
References
OSAP - Ordnance Survey Aerial Photographs. Photographic collection. Ordnance Survey of Ireland. Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Habitation siteunder 1 mi
- Armorial plaque (present location)under 1 mi
- Architectural fragmentunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.