Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballinvally,Corstown (Fore By.), County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballinvally,Corstown (Fore By.)
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.74952, -7.11411
- SMR number
- ME009-112----
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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid 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
Situated on a steep N-facing slope of Slieve na Calliagh. A circular grass-covered area (diam. c. 40-45m) is visible on Google Earth (24/03/2017) and Digital Globe (c. 2013). It is overlain by a WNW-ESE field wall and townland boundary with Ballinvally to the N towards its N edge and the perimeter that appears to be an earthen bank with an outer fosse is only visible N of this wall. It is probably a rath and was first reported by Maureen O’Leary.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 25 February 2019
Nearby in the register
- Rock artunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Cistunder 1 mi
- Cistunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.