Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ring-ditch
Newtownmoyaghy (deece Upper By., Moyglare Par.), County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Newtownmoyaghy (deece Upper By., Moyglare Par.)
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.39792, -6.64677
- SMR number
- ME049A004002-
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 an E-W ridge in an undulating landscape. The cropmark of a small enclosure (diam. c. 5m) defined by a single continuous fosse feature is visible on Google Earth (12/07/2013; 28/06/2018). The ring-ditch (ME049A004001-) is c. 30m to the W and ring-ditch (ME049A004003-) is c. 120m to the SW. It was first reported to the National Monuments Service by Brian Doyle.
Compiled by: Michaela Moore
Date of upload: 20 February 2019
Nearby in the register
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.