Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Boherlea, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Boherlea
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.87260, -6.86168
- SMR number
- ME002-039----
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 the NW-facing spine of a NW-SE drumlin ridge. This is a circular grass-covered area (diam. 41.5m NNE-SSW; 40m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (at NNE: Wth of base 5.5m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1.8m) with some bushes, and an outer fosse (at NNE: Wth of top 6.5m; Wth of base 1m; ext. D 0.2m) NNE-S. There are gaps in the perimeter at W and NE but the original entrance (Wth of base 1.8m) is 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
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.