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Ringfort - rath

Carrickleck, County Meath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Carrickleck, County Meath, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Carrickleck
County
Meath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Dunroe fort
Latest-edition OS map
Dunroe Fort
Coordinates
53.86314, -6.74835
SMR number
ME002-057----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1636 · Vltoniae Orientalis Pars (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (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 ridge that is at the SE edge of a broad plateau, it is described as ‘Dunroe’ - the red fort on the OS 6-inch maps. This is a circular grass and rush-covered area (diam. 29m NNW-SSE; 28.5m E-W) that slopes down to the S (H 1.5m). It is defined by an earthen bank (Wth of base 7m; int. H 0.9-1.1m; ext. H 2.3m at S to 3.1m at N) with some bushes separated by a fosse (Wth of top 9.5-10.5m; Wth of base 2-3m; ext. D 1m at S to 2.6m at N) from an outer bank (Wth of base 4m at S to 8m at N; ext. H 0.8m at S to 2.2m at N). There is a second external fosse (Wth of top 10m; ext. D 0.9m at N) W-N. The original entrance through the inner (Wth of base 1.4m) and outer (Wth of base 2.3m) banks with evidence of stone-ling and a causeway (Wth of top 2,6m; H 0.4m) is at SE. The outer bank becomes a double bank around the entrance, and the inner bank is noticeably interned 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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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