Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ring-ditch
Collierstown (skreen By.), County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Collierstown (skreen By.)
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.57172, -6.56701
- SMR number
- ME038-052----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated on a slight N-facing slope. A geophysical survey (Nichols 2006) undertaken in relation to the cemetery (ME038-051----) identified a ring-ditch (int. diam. c. 12m) defined by a single continuous ditch feature. (O’Hara 2010, 5, fig. 4)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 19 March, 2015
References
O'Hara, R. 2010 An Iron Age and Early Medieval cemetery at Collierstown 1, Co. Meath: Interpreting the changing character of a burial ground. Early Medieval Archaeological Project (EMAP) Report 4:4
Nichols, J. 2006 Geophysical survey report: Collierstown 1. Unpublished report, Archaeological Consultancy Services
Nearby in the register
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Kiln - corn-dryingunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.