Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ring-ditch
Castletown (moyfenrath Lower By.), County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Castletown (moyfenrath Lower By.)
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.49735, -6.81335
- SMR number
- ME042-040002-
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 a fairly level landscape. The parch-mark in grass of a small circular enclosure (diam. c. 15m) defined by one darker continuous feature is visible on Google Earth (29/06/2018; 14/07/2018). The ring-ditch (ME042-040001-) is c. 55m to the WSW. It was first reported by Jean Charles Caillère.
See the attached image from Google Earth 14/07/2018
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 5 June 2019
Nearby in the register
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Barrow - mound barrowunder 1 mi
- Castle - motte and baileyunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.