Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Barleyhill, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Barleyhill
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.91514, -6.75974
- SMR number
- ME002-003----
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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
Located on the NW-facing spine of a NNW-SSE ridge and at the N end of a small oval deciduous wood that is defined by an earthen bank. This is an oval grass-covered area (dims 34.5m N-S; 24m E-W) with mature trees and tree stumps that slopes down slightly to the W (H 0.2m) but more to the E (H 1.9m). It is defined by an earthen bank (Wth of base 5-6m; int. H 0.5-0.8m; ext. H 1.1-1.3m), which is incorporated into the bank of the wood NW-NE, and an outer fosse that survives best (Wth of top 6.2m; Wth of base 1.1m; ext. D 0.8m) SE-SW. There is a break in the bank (Wth 3.3m) at NE which could be the original entrance, although it might be damage.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Meath' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1987). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of revision: 31 August 2018
Amended: 14 December 2022
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Designed landscape - tree-ringunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Designed landscape - tree-ringunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.