Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ring-ditch
Dunboyne, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Dunboyne
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.42037, -6.46393
- SMR number
- ME050-031----
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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 level landscape. The cropmark of a small ring-ditch (diam. c. 8m) is visible on Bing images (c. 2013). It is also visible on Google Earth (12/07/2013; 24/06/2018), and is located just N of a modern ENE-WSW field bank with drains on either side that is now removed but the drains are visible as cropmark features. The ring-ditch was first noted by Donal Lucy and the enclosure (ME050-032001-) and ring-ditch (ME050-032002-) are c. 250m to the S. A gradiometer survey (17R0075) by Earthsound confirmed the presence of this feature and identified some other anomalies, which were archaeologically tested (17E0399) by D. McIlreavy (excavations.ie 2017:431). This feature was not tested as it will be preserved in situ within the development (McIlreavy 2017).
See the attached enhanced view from Bing images (2013)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 February, 2016
Amended: 3 November, 2021
References
McIlreavy, D. 2017 Archaeological Assessment at Station Road, Dunboyne, Co. Meath. Licence: 17E0399. Unpublished report, IAC Archaeology
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Pit-burialunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.