Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Fennor Lower, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Fennor Lower
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.79664, -7.15428
- SMR number
- ME009-007----
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 just NW of a low ridge in an undulating landscape. This a circular grass-covered area (diam. 30m N-S; 29m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth of base 3-5m; int. H 0.4-0.8m; ext. H 1.7m at N to 2.3m at S) with some bushes and an outer fosse (Wth of top 4.5-6.5m; Wth of base 3m at S; ext. D 0.3-0.5m), with the remains of an outer bank (at S: Wth of base 4m; ext. H 0.4m) E-SW. The original entrance (Wth of base 1.8m) and causeway (Wth of top 4.4m; H 0.9m) are at ENE. The interior had become overgrown by 2000 (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
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 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.