Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballymakane, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballymakane
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.83647, -6.84513
- SMR number
- ME005-039----
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 NW-facing slope overlooked by rath (ME005-040----), which is c. 120m to the NE. This is a circular grass-covered area (diam. 26m NW-SE; 23.8m NW-SE) that slopes down steeply to the NW (H 1.7m). It is defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth of base 5m; int. H 0.3m at NW to 0.8m at SE (upslope); ext. H 1m at SE to 1.8m at NW) and a slight outer fosse (Wth of top 3.7-5.2m; ext. D 0.2m). There are gaps at W and NNE but the original entrance (Wth of base 1.5m) is probably that at E.
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: 4 September 2018
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Designed landscape - tree-ringunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.