Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ring-ditch
Piercetown (dunboyne By.), County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Piercetown (dunboyne By.)
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.45343, -6.47061
- SMR number
- ME050-004001-
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 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Located on a slight S-facing slope. The cropmark of a circular enclosure (diam. c. 12m) defined by a single fosse feature that is absent SSW-W is visible on Google Earth (24/06/2018). The barrow (ME050-004----) is c. 5m to the W. It was first reported to the National Monuments Service by Anthony Murphy.
See the attached view from Google Earth
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 20 February 2019
Nearby in the register
- Barrow - mound barrowunder 1 mi
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Enclosure - large enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.