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
- 53.87597, -6.85788
- SMR number
- ME002-040----
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
Located on a shelf towards the bottom of a NW-facing slope. This is a circular grass-covered area (diam. 30.5m ENE-WSW; 29.5m NNE-SSE) defined by an earthen bank (Wth of base 5-6m; int. H 0.6-1m; ext. H 1.8-2m) with some bushes, and an outer fosse (Wth of top 6-8m; ext. D 0.4-0.6m) SSW-N. There is a gap (Wth of base 2.8m) in the perimeter at NNW but the original entrance is likely to be that (Wth of base 2.3m) at S. Standing stone (ME002-040001-) is c. 40m to the N.
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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.