Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure - large enclosure
Ballycarn, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballycarn
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.40763, -6.80343
- SMR number
- ME048-051----
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 low-lying level landscape with the canalised NNE-SSW Ballycarron River immediately to the E. The cropmark of a circular enclosure (diam. c. 80m N-S) defined by a single fosse feature and backing onto the stream is visible on Google Earth (24/06/2018). It was first reported to the National Monuments Service by Anthony Murphy.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 20 February 2019
Nearby in the register
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Field boundaryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.