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Rahard, County Meath, Ireland

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Townland
Rahard
County
Meath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.76311, -7.07267
SMR number
ME009-036003-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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

Located at the E-facing crest of a slope and at the headwaters of a small E-W stream. The raised rath (ME009-036----), which could be described as a motte, is at the NE angle of a rectangular grass-covered platform (dims c. 40-70m m ENE-WSW; c. 70m NNW-SSE) defined by scarps and fosses. This could serve as an annexe for the rath or as a bailey. It is crossed by an ENE-WSW relict field bank that also crosses the interior of the rath and extends off to the WSW of this enclosure.

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload;31 October 2018

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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