Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Richardstown (ardee By., Richardstown Par.), County Louth, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Richardstown (ardee By., Richardstown Par.)
- County
- Louth
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.85578, -6.45061
- SMR number
- LH018-071----
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
Situated towards the bottom of a N-facing slope in the valley of the W-E River Dee, a S-bound loop of which is c. 400m to the NNW. The cropmark of a circular area (int. diam. c. 45m N-S; c. 45m E-W) defined by a wide fosse feature (Wth c. 3-5m) is visible on Google Earth (27/06/2019). It is also visible on OSI images (2000), and was first reported by Anthony Murphy, having been discovered by his son, Finn.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 11 November 2019
Nearby in the register
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.