Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Corstown (slane Lower By.), County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Corstown (slane Lower By.)
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Carnagillagh Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Carnagillagh Fort
- Coordinates
- 53.87147, -6.62140
- SMR number
- ME003-025----
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 a rise in a level, low-lying landscape, it is described as ‘Carnagillagh Fort’ on the OS 6-inch maps. This is a raised, subcircular grass and scrub-covered area (dims c. 40m ENE-WSW; c. 32m WNW-ESE) defined by a scarp (H 1.8m). There is no visible fosse or entrance.
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
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Road - unclassified togherunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.