Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Carrickleck, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carrickleck
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.87197, -6.75746
- SMR number
- ME002-056----
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 tip of a short SE-NW spur. In 1968 this was described (SMR file) as a circular grass and rush-covered area (diam. 35.4m N-S; 35.3m E-W) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth of base 4m at N to 8m at S; int. H 0.6-0.9m; ext. H 1.1-1.4) and an outer fosse (at N: Wth of top 5m; Wth of base 1.6m; ext. D 0.4m), with a slight outer bank (Wth of base 5.8m; ext. H 0.1m) NNW-NE. The original entrance (Wth of base 1.1m) is at SE.
The following 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
Amended: 14 December 2022
References
SMR file - Sites and monuments record files in the National Monuments Service, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage.
Nearby in the register
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 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.