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Ringfort - rath

Drumsawry Or Summerbank, County Meath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Drumsawry Or Summerbank, County Meath, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Drumsawry Or Summerbank
County
Meath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Fort
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.75218, -7.15281
SMR number
ME009-040----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1636 · Vltoniae Orientalis Pars (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Located on a prominent rise in an undulating landscape. This is a circular grass-covered area (diam. 38m ENE-WSW; 37m N-S) defined by the slight remains of an overgrown earthen bank (Wth of base 3-5m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 1m at ENE to 1.8m at WSW) surrounded by a fosse (Wth of top 6-7m; Wth of base 1-3m; ext. D 0.6-0.7m), and a slight external bank (Wth of base 2-3m; ext. H 0.3-0.6m) ESE-W. The fosse is reduced to a berm, and the counterscarp bank is absent W-N. The entrance (Wth of base 1.45m) and causeway (Wth of top 3.6m; H 0.2-04m) and a gap in the outer bank (Wth 8.2m) are at WSW (max. ext. diam. 52m ENE-WSW).

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: 1 November 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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