Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Patrickstown, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Patrickstown
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.74945, -7.09528
- SMR number
- ME009-072----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 towards the top of the steep N-facing slope of Patrickstown Hill. This is a D-shaped area (dims 26m E-W; 25m E-W) that remains unplanted in a forest and slopes down to the N. The perimeter is defined by an earth and stone bank (Wth of base 3-4m; int. H 0.2m at N (downslope) to 0.8-0.9m normally; ext. H 1.2-1.5m). There is a drain (Wth of base 1m; ext. D 0.4m) outside the straight W side, which has probably been straightened. There are entrance gaps at ENE and SSW but the original entrance is not identified. There is an internal E-W scarp down to the N (Wth 0.8m; H 0.6m) N of 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
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- Megalithic tomb - passage tombunder 1 mi
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.