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
- 53.91014, -6.76192
- SMR number
- ME002-004----
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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 on a NNW-SSE ridge with higher ridges in the vicinity, and within a mixed wood. This is a raised circular and overgrown area (diam. c. 30m E-W; 29m N-S) that slopes down to the E and is defined by an earthen bank (Wth of base 6-7.6m; int. H 0.5m at SE to 1.6m at NW; ext. H 2-2.9m) separated by a rounded fosse (Wth of top 6-7m; Wth of base 1 to 3m at NW; ext. D 1-1.5m) from an outer bank (Wth of base 3.4-4m; ext. H 1-1.7m) that is best preserved WSW-NNW and morphs into a field bank NNW-SE. There is a slight berm (Wth 3m) between the inner fosse and outer bank E-S. The entrance (Wth of base 1.8m) and slight traces of a causeway are at ENE.
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
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.