Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ervey, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ervey
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.88748, -6.82976
- SMR number
- ME002-009----
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 on a rise in a fairly low-lying landscape. This is a circular grass and rush-covered area (diam. 49m E-W) that slopes down to the E (H 2.2m). It is defined by an earthen bank (Wth of base 4.5-5m; int. H 0.8-1m; ext. H 2-2.3m) and hedge with an external fosse (Wth of top 3.3-3.5m; Wth of base 1-2.2m; ext. D 0.3-0.5m) that is most visible N-SE and probably absent NW-N where there is a road bank outside the rath bank. The bank has inner facing stones that might be ancient and a more modern outer facing of stones with a herring-bone pattern. The entrance (Wth of base 3.7m) and causeway (Wth of top 4.5m; H 0.4m) are at SSW.
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
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - portal tombunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.