Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Roosky, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Roosky
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.88095, -6.68534
- SMR number
- ME003-008----
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 towards the NW end of a NW-SE drumlin ridge. This is an oval grass-covered area (dims 38.5m NW-SE; 29.5m ENE-WSW) defined by a slight grass-covered earthen bank (at SSE: Wth of base 6m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.5m: at NNW: Wth 4m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.6m). There is no visible fosse and the original entrance is probably the gap (Wth of base 2.2m) at NNW.
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
Amended: 14 December 2022
Nearby in the register
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Castle - motteunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.