Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Herbertstown (Duleek Upper By.), County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Herbertstown (Duleek Upper By.)
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.59897, -6.29937
- SMR number
- ME034-034----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1799 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1841 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
Located at the crest of the S-facing slope of the ENE-WSW Fourknocks ridge. An oval enclosure (dims c. 70m NE-SW; c. 45m NW-SE) defined by a wide fosse (Wth c. 4-5m) is visible on Google Earth (17/10/2017; 25/06/2018). It is also visible on Digital Globe c. 2013 and Apple Maps, and it may have been an ornamental wood on the demesne of Herbertstown House. It was first reported by Ian Lennon.
See the attached views from Google Earth _1 (25/06/2018); _3 (17/10/2017)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 2 December 2020
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Barrow - mound barrowunder 1 mi
- Architectural fragmentunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.