Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ring-ditch
Windtown, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Windtown
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.51686, -6.71334
- SMR number
- ME037-057----
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
Situated on what might be a rise on a NW-facing slope. The cropmark of a small enclosure (diam. c. 6-8m) defined by a single continuous ditch feature is visible only on Google Earth (14/07/2018). It was first reported by Jean Charles Caillere.
See the attached image from Google Earth 14/07/2018
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 5 June 2019
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Castle - motteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.