Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Tullyarran, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tullyarran
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Tullyarran Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Tullyarran Fort
- Coordinates
- 53.84546, -6.92412
- SMR number
- ME004-005----
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 the summit of a NW-SE drumlin ridge, it is described as ‘Tullyarran Fort’ in gothic lettering on the OS 6-inch maps. This is a circular grass and scrub-covered area (diam. 49m N-S; 46m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (at NE: Wth of base 2.8m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1.3m) and hedge with traces of an external stone facing, and slight traces of an external fosse or drain (at NE: Wth 0.9m; ext. D 0.2m). The original entrance is not identified.
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
- Fontunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.