Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Meadstown, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Meadstown
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.61317, -6.80435
- SMR number
- ME030-059----
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 slight E-facing slope. The faint cropmark of a circular enclosure (diam. c. 35m N-S) is visible only on Aerial Premium (2013-18). There is evidence of a slight outer fosse c. 8m outside the inner NE-SW. The enclosure was first reported by Jean Charles Caillére.
See the attached enhanced view from Aerial Premium (2013-18)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 21 February 2022
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Fontunder 1 mi
- Religious house - Franciscan friarsunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.