Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure - large enclosure
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
- 53.75531, -7.12471
- SMR number
- ME009-047----
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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 large, originally circular but now D-shaped, and grass-covered area with rock outcrop (int. dims 102m E-W; c. 70m NW-SE) which is defined by a grass-covered stony scarp (H c. 1m) that is incorporated into a field wall at E. It is best preserved where it emerges from this wall on the N side and is visible as a stone spread (Wth 4m; H 0.8m) with some large stones. The only entrance is a gap (Wth 10m) at W. The enclosure is truncated by a NE-SW field wall at S and is not visible S of this feature. Field walls of the field system (ME009-045----) overlie the interior. The cashel (ME09-046----) is c. 10m to the N.
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
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Road - road/trackwayunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.