Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ring-ditch
Bullstown, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Bullstown
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.48815, -6.37182
- SMR number
- ME045-069----
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 slight E-facing slope. A magnetic gradiometer survey (16R0116) of an extensive area (dims c. 600m ENE-WSW; c. 300m NNW-SSE) identified 15 potential archaeological features (Roseveare and Roseveare 2016), 11 of which were archaeologically tested (16E0548). Of these all but two proved to be either natural or of recent origin. This is a circular area (int. diam. 16-17m) defined by a single fosse (Wth 0.9-1m; D 0.4m) which was encountered in excavation at three points. It was filled with a light greyish brown silty clay with small pebbles. An exclusion zone (diam. 30m) will preserve the monument in situ. (O’Carroll 2016, 10-11, 13)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 26 February 2021
O’Carroll, Report on Archaeological Test Trenching, Bullstown Townland, Co. Meath. Licence: 16E0548. Unpublished report, CRDS
References
Roseveare, M. J. and Roseveare, A. C. K. 2016 Bullstown Solar Park, Ireland. Geophysical Survey Report. Licence: 16R0156. Unpublished report, Tigergeo.
Nearby in the register
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Castle - motteunder 1 mi
- Wellunder 1 mi
- Pitunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.