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Enclosure

Moymet, County Meath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Enclosure, Moymet, County Meath, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Moymet
County
Meath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.59247, -6.83552
SMR number
ME030-044----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · 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

Situated just NW of the summit of a broad low hill. The cropmark of a circular enclosure (diam. c. 55-60m) is visible on Google Earth (14/07/2018), although the fosse appears to be very slight E-S-W. An entrance is not identified, but a D-shaped enclosure (dims c. 60m N-S; c. 20m E-W) is attached to the E. Both the enclosure and its annexe are within a large enclosure (diam. c. 130m E-W; c. 120m N-S) defined by a fosse feature, with an additional outer fosse W-N-ESE. The large enclosure has entrances through both fosses at WNW. The large enclosure is c. 250m ESE of enclosure (ME030-043----) and the enclosure (ME030-045----) is. c. 30m to the ENE. It was first reported by Ciaran McDonnell.

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 12 March, 2019

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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