Ring-ditch in Tremblestown, County Meath

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What is recorded here

Situated on a slight rise in a fairly level landscape. The cropmark of a circular area (diam. c. 8-10m) defined by a continuous fosse feature (Wth c. 2m) is visible on Google Earth (12/07/2013; 29/06/2018; 14/07/2018). The cropmark of a pond (diam. c. 15-20m), which is also depicted on the 1836 and 1912 editions of the OS 6-inch maps, is also visible in the same images c. 40m to the ESE. It was first reported by Jean Charles Caillère. See the attached image from Google Earth 14/07/2018 Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 5 June 2019

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record ME036-085

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Kieran Campbell, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
Maker not stated on source page, en.wikipedia.org
Maker not stated on source page, www.neverstoptraveling.com
National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Maker not stated on source page, www.knowth.com
Maker not stated on source page, monumentalireland.ie
Trim GAA club; individual photographer not stated, trimgaa.com
Golfing in Ireland; photographer not stated, Source publisher

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