Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Fennor Upper, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Fennor Upper
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.78001, -7.14472
- SMR number
- ME009-015----
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 an E-facing slope. This is a circular grass-covered area (diam. 45m NNW-SSE; 45.5m ENE-WSW) defined by an earthen bank (Wth of base 4.5-5.5m; int. H 0.6-0.7m; ext. H 0.8-1.1m) with some bushes. There is no visible fosse but the original entrance (Wth of base 1.4m) is at NE. A field wall forms the outer facing of the bank S-WNW.
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: Michel Moore
Date of revision: 31 October 2010
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
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- Cistunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.