Ring-ditch in Dunderk, County Meath

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What is recorded here

Located at the crest of the SE-facing slope of a broad hill. The cropmark of a circular area (diam. c. 8m) defined by a fosse (Wth c. 1-2m) is visible on Apple Maps, which utilises a survey conducted by Bluesky International conducted during June 2018. It has an entrance (Wth c. 3m) at NW. The ring-ditch was first reported by Justin Kenny, who recorded images of it from a drone-mounted camera in August 2018, but it was also noted separately by Anthony Murphy. See the attached enhanced aerial view from Apple Maps Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 27 January 2020

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record ME018-047

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