Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Posseckstown (Moyfenrath Lower By.), County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Posseckstown (Moyfenrath Lower By.)
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.42680, -6.81861
- SMR number
- ME048-042----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1799 · 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
Aerial photograph(GB89.AM.31 & 33) show a cropmark of a curvilinear enclosure (diam. c. 30m)defined by a slight fosse features. A second, larger curvilinear enclosure (ME048-041----) defined by two fosses intersects with this enclosure at N. It does not appear on any other aerial images.
Date of upload: 18 September, 2017
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.