Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Newcastle (fore By.), County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Newcastle (fore By.)
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.78634, -7.12124
- SMR number
- ME009-010----
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 the summit of a hillock. This is a circular grass and scrub-covered area (diam. 28.5m WNW-ESE; 26m NNE-SSW) defined by a scarp (Wth 2.5-3.5m; H 0.8m), and traces of an outer fosse. The 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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Sweathouseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.