Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Dunheeda, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Dunheeda
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Dunheeda Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Dunheeda Fort
- Coordinates
- 53.88788, -6.75479
- SMR number
- ME002-022----
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 just SE of the summit of a NW-SE drumlin ridge, it is described as ‘Dunheeda Fort’ in gothic lettering on the OS 6-inch maps. This is a circular grass and scrub-covered area (diam. 32m E-W; 31m N-S) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth of base 6.6-7m; int. H 0.4-0.6m; ext. H 2.3m at N to 3.5m at S) and an outer fosse (Wth of top 4.3-6.3m; Wth of base 1.5; ext. D 0.6m at N to 1.8m at S). The entrance (Wth of base 2m) and causeway are at E but the causeway is partly destroyed by NE-SW field bank that attaches to the rath at this point.
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
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Crossunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.