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Ring-ditch

Ratoath, County Meath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ring-ditch, Ratoath, County Meath, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Ratoath
County
Meath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.51053, -6.47283
SMR number
ME044-044002-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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 NW end of a NW-SE spur and within the E part of enclosure (ME044-044001-). This is a circular feature (diam. 9m) defined by a continuous ditch (Wth 0.3-0.6m) with a U-shaped profile that was filled largely with silty clays. There is some evidence of burning, and burnt bone and a fragment of a blue glass bead where recovered. The excavator regards this as a house structure although there was no hearth or entrance. A number of pits are in the area, some of which could be interpreted as kilns. (Dehaene 2004, 2007)

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 14 September 2020

References

Dehaene, G. 2007 1328. Licence: 04E0218. Dunshaughlin Road, Ratoath: Multi-period. In I. Bennett (ed.) Excavations 2004: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 339-40. Dublin, Wordwell

Dehaene, G. 2004 Archaeological Monitoring Report, Proposed Residential Development, Dunshaughlin Road, Ratoath, Co. Meath. Licence No. 04E0218. Unpublished report, Arch-Tech

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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