Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Kildalkey, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kildalkey
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.58124, -6.87994
- SMR number
- ME030-057----
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
Situated on a level landscape with a NNW-SSE section of the Athboy or Trimblestown River c. 110m to the E. A small circular grass-covered feature (diam. c. 19m N-S; c. 18m E-W) defined by a slight earthen bank and outer fosse is most clearly visible on Google Earth (17/01/2020). It was first reported by Jean Charles Caillére.
See the attached view from Google Earth (17/01/2020)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 4 January 2022
Nearby in the register
- Linear earthworkunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.