Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ring-ditch
Ballynaskea, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballynaskea
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.45062, -6.80335
- SMR number
- ME048-054----
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 fairly level landscape with some ponds in the vicinity. The parch-mark in grass of a small circular enclosure (diam. c. 5m) within a larger enclosure (diam. c. 5m) defined by two darker bands is visible only on Google Earth (28/06/2018). It was first reported by Jean Charles Caillere.
See the attached image from Google Earth 28/06/2018
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 5 June 2019
Nearby in the register
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Enclosure - large enclosureunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.