Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ring-ditch
Fore, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Fore
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.68323, -7.22845
- SMR number
- WM004-039----
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
In reclaimed grassland. Cropmark of ring-ditch (diam. c. 6m) visible on Google Earth orthoimage taken 16/03/2021.
See attached Google Earth orthophoto
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Jean-Charles Caillère
Date of upload: 19 July 2022
References
ASIAP - Archaeological Survey of Ireland Aerial Photographs (c. 1996 - c. 2010).
Nearby in the register
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- Religious house - Benedictine monksunder 1 mi
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.