Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Garmanagh, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Garmanagh
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.85773, -6.76457
- SMR number
- ME005-019----
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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 top of a N and W-facing slope with the valley of a small E-W stream c. 85m to the N. This is a circular grass-covered area (diam. 40m N-S) that slopes down to the N (H 1.8m). It is defined by an earthen bank (at S: Wth of base 9.5m; int. H 0.9m; ext. H 1.5m; at N: Wth of base 5m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1.45m) and hedge with an outer fosse (Wth of top 4.8-5.8m; Wth of base 0.7m at S to 3.5m at N). There is a slight outer bank (at N: Wth of base 2m; ext. H 0.1m) W-N-E. There is an entrance (Wth of base 1.8m) but no causeway at SSE but the original entrance (Wth of base 2.2m), now blocked, and causeway (Wth of top 2.4m; H 0.5m) are at NNW.
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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.