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
- 53.39725, -6.64811
- SMR number
- ME049A004003-
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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)
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
Situated in what might be a low-lying position in an undulating landscape. The cropmark of a small enclosure (diam. c. 10m) defined by a single continuous fosse feature is visible on Google Earth (28/06/2018). The ring-ditches (ME049A004001-; ME049A004002-) are c. 90m to the NNE and c. 120m to the NE respectively. It was first reported to the National Monuments Service by Brian Doyle.
See the attached view from Google Earth
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 20 February 2019
Nearby in the register
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.