Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Clonbartan, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Clonbartan
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.86966, -6.66142
- SMR number
- ME003-021----
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 rise at the S end of a broad plateau. A circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 35m) is depicted on the 1836 edition of the OS 6-inch map where it is described in gothic lettering as a ‘Fort’ and as a hachured feature on the 1908 edition, but its perimeter is absent S-W. It was removed c. 1964, but slight traces of a raised circular and grass-covered area (diam. c. 34m) were evident in 1968.
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
Nearby in the register
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- Castle - motteunder 1 mi
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.