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
- 53.77866, -7.27692
- SMR number
- ME008-005----
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 on a rise which is on an E-facing slope. This is a raised circular, slightly domed (H 0.8-1.2m) and overgrown platform (diam. 24m NE-SW) defined by a scarp (H 2.2-2.5m) and fosse (Wth of top 8-9.2m; Wth of base 1.8-3.8m; ext. D 0.3-0.5m) with an outer bank (Wth of base 4.2-4.7; ext. H 0.8-0.9m). There is a ramp entrance (Wth of base 1.8m) and causeway (Wth of top 2.2m; H 0.4m) at E (max. ext. diam. 48m NE-SW).
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
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.