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
- 53.42635, -6.85537
- SMR number
- ME048-057----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
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
Located on a fairly level landscape. The faint cropmark of a small circular enclosure (diam. c. 15m) defined by a single fosse is visible only on Google Earth (28/06/2018). Ring-ditch (ME048-047----) is c. 40m to the N. This ring-ditch was first reported by Edmund O’Riordan.
See the attached view from Google Earth (2018) at bottom
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload; 11 November 2022
Nearby in the register
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Bawnunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.