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Ring-ditch in Irishtown (duleek Upper By., Moorechurch Par.)

Ring-ditch

What is recorded here

Ring-ditch in Irishtown is a small circular enclosure with an internal diameter of about eight metres, sitting in the northwest quadrant of a larger rath on level ground. Matthew Mullen-Reynolds first reported it and Noel Meehan also identified it, preserving the shape before human memory faded. The continuous fosse may have marked a boundary, a workshop, a shrine or a childhood game, yet even that much remains unknown.
Situated on a level landscape. The cropmark of a small circular enclosure (int. diam. c. 8m) defined by a continuous fosse is visible only on Apple Maps which utilises a survey conducted by Bluesky International during June 2018. It is in the NW quadrant of rath (ME028-091001-), and was first reported by Matthew Mullen-Reynolds but was also identified by Noel Meehan. See the attached view from Apple Maps Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload; 7 February 2020

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