Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ring-ditch
Burtonstown, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Burtonstown
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.62427, -6.50744
- SMR number
- ME032-063004-
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 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Located on a slight S-facing slope. The cropmark of a small enclosure (diam. c. 15m) defined by a single fosse feature is visible on OSI aerial images (1995). The ring-ditches (ME032-043001-; ME032-063002-) are c. 150m and c. 160m distant to the NNW respectively, and ring-ditch (ME032-063003-) is c. 225m to the NW. It was first identified by Stephen Kehoe.
Date of upload: 25 January 2018
References
OSAP - Ordnance Survey Aerial Photographs. Photographic collection. Ordnance Survey of Ireland. Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.