Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Corrakeeran, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Corrakeeran
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.88941, -6.82088
- SMR number
- ME002-010----
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 with rock outcrop and on a slight W-facing slope in a low-lying landscape between drumlins. This is a raised circular and overgrown area with rock outcrop (diam. 18m N-S; c. 18m E-W; H 2.8-4.7m) within a circular overgrown area (diam. c. 46m N-S; 44.5m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (at E: Wth of base 7m; int. H 1.5m; ext. H 3m), with traces of an external fosse (at NNE: Wth of base 2.7m; ext. D 0.5m) NNW-SE. There is an entrance (Wth of base 2.2m) through the bank and traces of a causeway (Wth of top 3.2m; H 0.5m) at ESE.
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
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.