Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Rockmarshall, County Louth, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rockmarshall
- County
- Louth
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.02107, -6.28886
- SMR number
- LH008-004001-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
The following description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 9 December 2011
Marked as 'fort' on 1835 ed. of OS 6-inch map. Sub-circular enclosure (int. dims. 23.5m WNW-ESE, 21.5m NNE-SSW) surrounded by slight wall. Rectangular depression at SE with stone-lined sides, possibly a souterrain (LH008-004002-).
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.