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Barrow - ring-barrow

Carrickleck, County Meath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Barrow - ring-barrow, 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
Sallow Fort
Latest-edition OS map
Sallow Fort
Coordinates
53.86871, -6.74595
SMR number
ME003-013----

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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 on a NW-SE ridge, it is described as ‘Sallow Fort’ on the OS 6-inch maps. This is a circular, slightly domed and grass-covered area (diam. 30m N-S; 29m E-W) defined by a fosse (at SSE: Wth of top 5.8m; Wth of base 1m; int. D 1m; ext. D 0.9m: 3.2m) and an overgrown outer bank (at SSE: Wth of base 7.5m; ext. H 0.6m), best preserved SSE-SW but visible all around. At NNE the bank is reduced (Wth 6m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.3m) and the berm is reduced to a berm (Wth 4m). There is a line of boulders (L 6.2m) on the edge of the platform at S and an entrance (Wth 2.9m) through the outer bank at SE. The interior is bisected by a NE-SW field bank with a drain on the SE side.

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: 3 September 2018
Amended: 14 December 2022

Nearby in the register

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

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