Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Creevagh (slane Lower By.), County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Creevagh (slane Lower By.)
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.81430, -6.60981
- SMR number
- ME006-047----
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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 on the SW-facing spine of a NE-SW drumlin ridge. This is a raised and grass-covered area (diam. 48m NW-SE; 47.5m NE-SW) that slopes down to the S (H c. 2m). It is defined by an earthen bank (Wth of base 7-9m; int. H 0.2m at SE to 0.8m at NW; ext. H 2.1-2.7m) and hedge with an outer fosse (at NE: Wth of top 8.5; ext. D 0.7m) W-N-S both of which are best preserved NW-NE. The entrance (Wth of base 2.1m) and causeway (Wth of top 3m; H 0.35m) are at E.
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
Amended: 15 December 2022
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.