Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Concentric enclosure
Ballyboy (lune By., Athboy Par.), County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyboy (lune By., Athboy Par.)
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.58894, -6.96751
- SMR number
- ME029-029----
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 a fairly level landscape. A circular grass-covered enclosure (diam. c. 80m), probably defined by a fosse, is visible on Map Genie (1995). It is within a larger enclosure (diam. c. 150m), again probably defined by a fosse that can only be traced N-ESE on the same image but relict drains extend NNW and NNE from this outer feature. The enclosures can also be viewed on Map Genie (2013-18) where the outer feature can also be seen extending ESE-SW. It was first reported by Katherine Daly.
See the attached views from (_01) Map Genie (1995) and (_02) Map Genie (2013-18)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 8 October, 2018
Nearby in the register
- Designed landscape - tree-ringunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rath1 mi
- Ringfort - rath1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.