Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Moated site
Portan (Lune By.), County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Portan (Lune By.)
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.50830, -6.92973
- SMR number
- ME041-026----
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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)
- 1869 · Ireland. (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 on the W bank of a S-N section of the River Boyne with the stream c. 75m to the SE. The cropmark of a rectangular enclosure (dims c. 35m ENE-WSW; c. 30m NNW-SSE) defined by wide fosse or moat features (Wth c. 4m) on every side except the SE where it is lighter, is visible on Google Earth (07/07/2016; 06/06/2018; 29/06/2018). There is a rectangular cellar/pit (dims c. 10m WNW-ESE; c. 10m NNE-SSW) in the interior. It was first reported by Jean-Charles Caillere.
See the attached view from Google Earth (29/06/2018)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 12 June 2019
Nearby in the register
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.