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Ring-ditch

Dunboyne, County Meath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ring-ditch, Dunboyne, County Meath, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Dunboyne
County
Meath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.41786, -6.46228
SMR number
ME050-032002-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1799 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · 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 level landscape. A small ring-ditch (diam. c. 10m) is visible on Bing images (2013) within a D-shaped enclosure (ME050-032001-). it is cut slightly by the cropmark of a modern NE-SW drain and It was first noted by Donal Lucy. The ring-ditch (ME050-031----) is c. 250m to the N. A gradiometer survey (17R0075) by Earthsould confirmed the presence of this feature and identified some other anomalies, all of which were archaeologically tested (17E0399) by D. McIlreavy (excavations.ie 2017, 431). The defining fosse (Wth of top 1.8-2.8m; D 0.65-0.85m) of this enclosure is round bottomed with a loose brown sandy clay fill. It produced no artefacts where sampled, but two sherds of thirteenth century pottery were recovered in the topsoil. The enclosure will be preserved in situ. (McIlreavy 2017)

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 Unpublished report, IAC Archaeology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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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