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Ring-ditch

Iffernock, County Meath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ring-ditch, Iffernock, County Meath, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Iffernock
County
Meath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not inidcated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.54934, -6.75366
SMR number
ME036-073----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. C. Kon: Ireland. a. Prov: Leinster. Counties: 1-12 (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

Aerial photograph (GB90.CA.02) shows the cropmark of a ring-ditch defined by a single ditch feature. It was first recorded as a positive cropmark in July 1990 and it is also visible on aerial images from 1995 (OSAP).

Date of upload: 31 August 2017

OSAP - Ordnance Survey Aerial Photographs. Photographic collection. Ordnance Survey of Ireland. Dublin.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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