Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Woodtown Upper, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Woodtown Upper
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.82801, -6.63370
- SMR number
- ME006-036----
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 top of a small hillock. This is a raised circular and grass-covered area (diam. 37m NW-SE; 35m NE-SW) that slopes down to the SW (H 1m). It is defined by an earthen bank with some bushes (at NW: Wth of base 6m; int. H 0.7m; ext. H 1.3m) W-N and (at SE: Wth of base 7m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 2m) E-SSW but the perimeter is reduced to a scarp (H 2.5-4m) elsewhere. There is no visible fosse but the likely original entrance ramp (Wth of base 1.3m) is at ESE.
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.
Revised by: Michael Moore
Date of revision: 26 October 2018
Nearby in the register
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Linear earthworkunder 1 mi
- Bridgeunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.