Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Forkill, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Forkill
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.74930, -7.15525
- SMR number
- ME009-090----
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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
Situated on a knoll at the W foothills of the Slieve na Calliagh ridge. This is an oval grass-covered area (dims 28m N-S; c. 26m E-W) defined by a slight earthen bank (Wth 1-3m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.6m) E-S-W, with sight traces of a fosse (Wth 2m) visible as lush grass growth at SE. The perimeter is reduced to a scarp (at N: Wth 3m; H 0.4m) W-N-E. There is no identifiable original entrance. It is visible on digitalglobe images.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload; 2 November 2018
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.