Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ring-ditch
Newcastle (Moyfenrath Lower By.), County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Newcastle (Moyfenrath Lower By.)
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.42686, -6.85551
- SMR number
- ME048-047----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
Situated on a fairly level landscape. The cropmark of a small circular enclosure (int. diam. c. 12m) defined by a single fosse feature is visible on aerial photographs (ME048-047_1 to _2). It is also visible on Google Earth (28/06/2018), and ring-ditch (ME048-057----) is c. 40m to the S.
See the attached views from Conor Murphy _1; _2 from Google Earth (2018) top;
Compiled by: Michael Moore based on details provided by Noel and Conor Murphy
Date of upload: 7 August, 2018
Amended: 11 November 2022
Nearby in the register
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Bawnunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.