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Ring-ditch

Ardoyne, County Wicklow, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ring-ditch, Ardoyne, County Wicklow, 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
Ardoyne
County
Wicklow
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.78028, -6.70639
SMR number
WI047-036----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1799 · 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

Faintly visible on Google Earth aerial imagery (14-7-2018) in level pasture c. 160m SE of the meandering, SW-flowing Derreen River: a small circular area (diam. c. 9m) defined by the cropmark of a fosse. This is the southernmost of three, closely associated ring-ditches, orientated on a N-S line; a second (WI047-035----) lies c. 44m to the N and a third (WI-47-034----) lies c. 50m to the N.

See attached image: WI047-036----_01 Snip of Google Earth aerial imagery (14-7-2018).

Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy based on details provided by Jean-Charles Caillère.

Date of upload: 2 August 2023

Nearby in the register

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

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