Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Knockmacoony, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knockmacoony
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.76461, -7.14907
- SMR number
- ME009-027----
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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 at the SW end of a short NE-SW ridge. This is a subcircular grass and rush-covered area (dims 25m NNE-SW; 21.5m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (at NNE: Wth of base 5m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1.8m) NW-ESE, but it is largely reduced to a scarp (at SSE: Wth 4m; H 2mm). This is surrounded by a berm (Wth 3m) defined by a scarp (at NNE: Wth 4m; H 1m) NW-ESE probably representing a fosse and outer bank (max. ext. diam. 40m N-S). There is a widened entrance (Wth of base 3.8m) at SSE. The interior is crossed by an earth and stone field bank or scarp NE-SW a little SE of the centre and it is slightly higher NW of this feature. A concrete structure, now abandoned, was built inside the perimeter at NW.
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
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.