Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Castlecor, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Castlecor
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.78644, -7.20025
- SMR number
- ME008-007----
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 fairly level landscape. This is a circular grass-covered area (diam. 29m NNE-SSW; 28.5m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth of base 6-6.4m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1.8-2m) separated by a fosse (Wth of top 7-7.7m; Wth of base 1.6-2.5m; ext. D 0.7-1.2m) from an outer bank (Wth of base 3-5m; ext. H 0.2-0.8m) with some bushes. The entrance through the inner (Wth of base 2.6m) and outer banks and a causeway (Wth of top 2.4m; H 0.35m) are at E but the entrance in the outer bank has been widened. Rath (ME008-008----) is c. 180m to the WSW.
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: 28 October 2018
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.