Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ring-ditch
Danestown, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Danestown
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.61578, -6.52672
- SMR number
- ME032-094----
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
Situated on a fairly level landscape. The cropmark of a circular feature (int. diam. c. 15m) defined by a single continuous fosse (Wth c. 2m) is only visible on Apple Maps (2018). It was first reported by Jean Charles Caillere.
See the attached enhanced view from Apple Maps (2018)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 25 June 2021
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.