Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ring-ditch
Irishtown (Skreen By., Kilmoon Par.), County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Irishtown (Skreen By., Kilmoon Par.)
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.56489, -6.47224
- SMR number
- ME038-059----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1799 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1811 · 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)
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The National Monuments Service's description
Located at the crest of a N-facing slope. The cropmark of a circular feature (diam. c. 8m) defined by a single continuous fosse is visible only on Apple Maps (2018). The ring-ditch (ME038-058----) 1 is c. 55m to the NW. The features were first reported by Jean Charles Caillére.
See the attached enhanced view from Apple Maps (2018)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload; 28 June 2021
Nearby in the register
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.