Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Shancarnan, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Shancarnan
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.80328, -6.90368
- SMR number
- ME010-001----
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
Situated on a fairly low but meandering N-S ridge. This is a raised circular grass and scrub-covered area (diam. c. 34m E-W; 31m NNW-SSE) that is planted in deciduous trees. It is defined by an earthen bank (Wth of base 5-5.5m; int. H 0.5-0.7m; ext. H 3-3.5m) separated by a fosse (Wth of top 8-10.5m; Wth of base 3; ext. D 1-2m) from an outer earthen bank (Wth of base 5-8m; ext. H 1.2m at NW to 2.5m at SE) that has an external stone facing (max. ext. diam. 57m NW-SE). There is an entrance through both banks and a causeway at ESE.
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: 22 February 2019
Amended: 15 December 2022
Nearby in the register
- Barrow - pond barrowunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.