Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Howthstown, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Howthstown
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.81232, -6.63385
- SMR number
- ME006-045----
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
Situated in a relatively low-lying landscape. The cropmark of a circular enclosure (diam. c. 35m) defined by a narrow fosse feature, with portion of an inner fosse S-W is visible on aerial photograph (CUCAP: AVS, 3). It does not appear on other aerial photographic series.
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
References
CUCAP - Cambridge University Collection of Aerial Photographs. Unit for Landscape Modelling, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge. See:https://www.cambridgeairphotos.com
Nearby in the register
- Windmillunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Fortificationunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.