Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Woodtown (deece Upper By.), County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Woodtown (deece Upper By.)
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.49186, -6.64078
- SMR number
- ME043-062----
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
Located at the E end of a low E-W ridge (L c. 300m) with the ground falling away slightly NW-E-S. The cropmark of a circular area (diam. c. 30m) defined by a single continuous fosse is visible on Google Earth (12/07/2013; 25/04/2021; 04/03/2022). It is also visible on Map Genie (2004-06).
See the attached views from Google Earth _01 (25/04/2021) _02 Map Genie (2004-06)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 25 July 2023
Nearby in the register
- Barrow - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Fontunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.