Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure - large enclosure
Ballymacad, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballymacad
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.74914, -7.23491
- SMR number
- ME008-043----
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 slight col with hills c. 200m to the N and E and lower ground to the SW. This is a raised, oval and grass-covered area (dims 78.5m N-S; 60.5m E-W) defined by a scarp (at N: Wth 1.9m; H 0.45m), with an outer fosse (at N: Wth of base 2.8m; ext. D 0.3m) that is visible NW-NE. An original entrance is not identified
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
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 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.