Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ring-ditch
Rowan, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rowan
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.44247, -6.43404
- SMR number
- ME051-016002-
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
The cropmark of a circular enclosure (int. diam. c. 10-12m) defined by a single narrow fosse feature is visible on Google Earth images (12-07-2013) and on Bing images (2013). It was first identified by Tom Condit and the ring-ditch (ME051-016001-) is c. 35m to the NNE.
See the attached enhanced view from Digital Globe (2011-2013)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 23 May 2016
Nearby in the register
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Enclosure - large 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.