Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Cruicetown (kells Lower By.), County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cruicetown (kells Lower By.)
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.80423, -6.78179
- SMR number
- ME005-096----
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 the S-facing spine of a N-S drumlin. This is a circular grass-covered area (diam. 67.2m N-S; 63m E-W) that slopes down slightly from the centre to the SE (H 1.3m). It is defined by an earthen bank (Wth 5.5-6m; int. H 0.4m at SE to 1.1m at NW; ext. H 1.1m at NW to 2.3m at SE), with an outer fosse or drain (at SW: Wth of top 3m; Wth of base 1m; ext. D 0.2m) SE-W-NW. The original entrance (Wth of base 1.4m) and causeway (Wth of top 2.7m) are at S. A NNW-SSE field bank overlies the interior towards the perimeter at W.
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
Amended: 14 December 2022
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Castle - motte and baileyunder 1 mi
- Settlement deserted - medievalunder 1 mi
- Tomb - effigialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.