Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ring-ditch
Kilcarty, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilcarty
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.54553, -6.66998
- SMR number
- ME037-031----
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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
Situated on a NW-SE esker ridge. It was first identified by the Tara Project of the Discovery Programme. The cropmark of a circular enclosure (diam. c. 15m) defined by a fosse feature is visible on the OSI series of aerial images (2005). (Newman 1997, 340)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 4 September, 2017
References
Newman, C. 1997 Tara: an archaeological survey. Discovery Programme Monographs 2. Dublin. Royal Irish Academy.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.