Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ring-ditch
Blackfriary (2nd division), County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Blackfriary (2nd division)
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.55287, -6.78350
- SMR number
- ME036-097----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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)
- 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
Situated on the floodplain on the N bank of a W-E section of the River Boyne, with the stream c. 70m to the S. The vegetation mark of a small enclosure (diam. c. 10m) defined by a fosse feature is visible on Google Earth (14/07/2018). It was first reported by Anthony Murphy.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 9 July 2019
Nearby in the register
- Bridgeunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.