Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ring-ditch
Belgree, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Belgree
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.44129, -6.40132
- SMR number
- ME051-047----
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
Situated on a gentle N-facing slope in a fairly level landscape. The cropmark of a small circular enclosure (diam. c. 14m) defined by a slight fosse is visible on Livingatlas satellite imagery from (09/07/2013). It is also faintly visible on Google Earth (01/06/2020), and was first reported by Gareth John.
See the attached enhanced view from livingaltas;
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 9 May 2022
Nearby in the register
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.