Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Cullendragh (fore By.), County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cullendragh (fore By.)
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.78354, -7.28586
- SMR number
- ME008-004----
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 a rise which is on a NE-facing slope. This is a raised subcircular and grass-covered area (dims 39m E-W; 34m N-S) with an uneven interior. It is defined by a scarp (H 1.5-1.9m) with some bushes, with a bank (Wth of base 8m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1.5m) at S, and an outer fosse is visible NE-ESE and at SW but at S it is reduced to a berm (Wth 4m). There are gaps in the perimeter at E and SW but the original entrance is likely to be the ramp (Wth of base 1.8m) at NE.
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: 15/12/2022
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Cross - Wayside crossunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.