Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ring-ditch
Dunshaughlin, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Dunshaughlin
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.50727, -6.52954
- SMR number
- ME044-065001-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
A small ring-ditch consisting of a circular area (int. diam. 2.2m; ext. diam. 3.4m) was just 7m SSW of the large ring-ditch (ME044-065----), and it was completely excavated (18E0495) by M. Piera (excavations.ie 2019:735). The complete ditch (Wth 0.45m; D 0.22m) had steep sides and a rounded base. It had two fills, a yellow/orange clay at the bottom, and a grey silty clay above which might represent a re-cut. There were no internal features and no artefacts were recovered. (Piera 2020, 13)
See the attached plan from Piera (2020, fig. 8)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 10 December 2021
References
Piera, M. 2020 Preliminary Excavation Report for The Willows, Dunshaughlin, Co. Meath. Licence: 18E0495. Unpublished report, Irish Archaeological Consultancy
Nearby in the register
- Kilnunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Kilnunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.