Ring-ditch in Westown, County Dublin

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What is recorded here

Located towards the S boundary of a large arable field, c. 1.4km SSE of the Delvin River, which forms the Dublin/Meath boundary, and c. 1.1km SE of a barrow in Westown (DU004-005----). Positive cropmarks visible on Apple Maps coverage (June 2018) indicate the presence of a ring-ditch (ext. diam. c. 13m) defined by a ditch (Wth c. 2.5m). There are no clear indications of a gap through the ditch.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record DU004-076

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Photo credits

C O'Flanagan, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
Offdaw, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Matthew Burke (@mattsportspics), credited by Dublin GAA and watermarked on photograph, www.dublingaa.ie
Kieran Campbell, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
C O'Flanagan, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Maker not stated on source page, www.ireland.com
Maker not stated on source page, en.wikipedia.org
Maker not stated on source page, www.irishamericanmom.com
C O'Flanagan, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0

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