Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Tubbrid, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tubbrid
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.75255, -7.25662
- SMR number
- ME008-041----
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
This was described in 1969 (SMR file) as a circular grass and scrub-covered area (diam. 45m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth of base 8-9m; int. H 0.6-1m; ext. H 2-2.3m) and an outer fosse (at E: Wth of top 7m; ext. D c. 0.2m) that was best preserved (at W: Wth of top 7m; ext. D 1.5m) W-N. There was a wide entrance (Wth of base 3.7m) at E. Outside the fosse E-S-W there was a field wall. The possible ring-barrow (ME008-040----) was c. 10m to the SW. Both monuments had been removed by 1995 (OSAP).
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.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of revision: 31 October 2018
References
SMR file - Sites and monuments record files in the National Monuments Service, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage.
OSAP - Ordnance Survey Aerial Photographs. Photographic collection. Ordnance Survey of Ireland. Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosure - large enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.