Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Muff, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Muff
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.83320, -6.77456
- SMR number
- ME005-066----
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 just E of the tip of a NW-SE spur. This is a circular grass-covered area (diam. 29m E-W; 28m N-S) that slopes down to the NE. It is defined by an eroded and grass-covered earthen bank (Wth 8m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.6m) with slight traces of an outer fosse (Wth of base 3.5m; ext. D 0.4m). The original entrance is not identified. Rath (ME005-067----) is on an equally high hillock c. 140m to the S.
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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Crossunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.