Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ring-ditch
Boycetown, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Boycetown
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicaeted
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicaterd
- Coordinates
- 53.51847, -6.69742
- SMR number
- ME037-058----
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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid 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)
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
Situated in parched pasture on what might be a rise in a fairly level landscape. The vegetation mark of a small enclosure (int. diam. c. 5-7m) defined by a wide fosse feature is visible on Google Earth (14/07/2018). It is also visible on OSI images (1995), and was first reported by Anthony Murphy.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 10 July, 2019
Nearby in the register
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Castle - motteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.