Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Drumsawry Or Summerbank, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Drumsawry Or Summerbank
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.75599, -7.12477
- SMR number
- ME009-046----
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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
Located on a shelf at the bottom of the N-facing slope of Slieve na Calliagh ridge. This is a circular grass-covered area (int. diam. c. 25m N-S; 24m E-W) defined by a grass-covered stone spread (Wth c. 3m; H c. 0.5m) with some large stones, but the perimeter is missing (Wth 10m) N-NE. There is a possible entrance (Wth 5m) at NW and a cairn at the centre. This is a circular grass-covered cairn (diam. 10.3m NE-SW; 9m NW-SE; H 0.6m) that has been robbed at the centre.
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
- Enclosure - large enclosureunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.