Discover Alone ← Back to nearby map

← Back to the nearby map

Ring-ditch in Dowth

Ring-ditch
View what I want to do
No photo yet

Add your own picture and explain the route, parking, gates, paths or landmarks that help people find it.

Earn 5 points after the picture is checked and accepted.

Add your photo and local directionsShare what you found

What is recorded here

Situated on a gentle S-facing slope. Earthworks in the field E of the great Dowth passage tomb (ME020-017----) have been resolved by oblique aerial photography and LiDAR imagery (Davis 2018) into a post-medieval field system (ME020-016001-) at NW, a ring-ditch and a medieval hollow way (ME020-016005-). The ring-ditch is a circular grass-covered feature (diam. 11.5m) defined by a low bank overlaid by NE-SW lazy beds. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 10 September, 2018 Davis, S. 2018 Secretes from the Snow. Archaeology Ireland, vol. 32, No. 3, 24-5.

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.