Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Carrickspringan, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carrickspringan
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.81977, -6.88304
- SMR number
- ME005-060----
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 top of an E-facing slope. This is a circular overgrown area (diam. 23.3m E-W) that slopes down to the E (H 2.3m). It is defined by an earthen bank (at W: Wth of base 14m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1.2m) and outer flat-bottomed fosse (at W: Wth of top 5.2m; Wth of base 2.6m; ext. D 0.9m) on the upslope side SW-NW but the perimeter is largely reduced to a scarp (at E: Wth 3.5m; H 2.2m) and a slight fosse (at E: Wth of top 6m; Wth of base 1m; ext. D 0.3m). There is an outer field bank (Wth 2m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.2m) E-S-NW. There is a ramp entrance (Wth of base 2.5m) and overgrown causeway (Wth of top c. 2m) at ENE, the lowest point. Archaeological testing (99E0477) by Deirdre Murphy just to the W produced no archaeological material (excavations.ie 1999:680).
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: 5 September 2018
Nearby in the register
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.