Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Damselstown, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Damselstown
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.61607, -6.32728
- SMR number
- ME033-064----
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 SW-facing slope. The faint cropmark of an oval enclosure (dims c. 35m NE-SW; c. 25m NW-SE) defined by a single slight fosse feature that appears to be absent E-S is visible only on Google Earth (07/05/2017). It was first reported by Anthony Murphy.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 20 November 2019
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Barrow - mound barrowunder 1 mi
- Barrow - mound barrowunder 1 mi
- Barrow - mound barrowunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.