Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Kilmainhamwood, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilmainhamwood
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.85847, -6.81141
- SMR number
- ME005-014----
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 bottom of a NE-facing slope. This is a circular grass and rush-covered area with some scrub (diam. 46m N-S; 43m E-W) that slopes down slightly to the S (H 1m). It is defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth of base 5.2-6.2m; int. H 0.8-1m; ext. H 2.4-3.1m) and an outer fosse (Wth of top 5-8m; Wth of base 2-2.3m; ext. D 0.3m at S to 1.3m at N), which has an outer bank (Wth of base 3.8m; ext. H 0.9m) NW-ENE. The fosse may have been re-cut S-WSW. The widened entrance (Wth of base 4m) and causeway (Wth of top 3.4m; H 0.4-0.8m) are at ESE.
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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- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.