Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Loughan, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Loughan
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.77333, -6.92156
- SMR number
- ME010-014----
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 the E-facing slope of a slight rise. This is a circular grass-covered area (diam. 32m E-W; 30.5m N-S) that slopes down slightly to the E. It is defined by slight traces of an earthen bank that are best preserved (Wth of base 5.5m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 2.6m) SW-WNW but is largely reduced to a scarp (at ENE: Wth 4.5m; H 2m), and a wide, flat-bottomed fosse (Wth of top 7.5m-8m; Wth of base 3m; ext. D 0.6-0.8m). A small berm (Wth 1m) separates the fosse from an outer field bank (Wth 2-3m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 1m) with trees. The original entrance is not identified but there is a possible causeway (Wth of top 3m; H 0.3m) in the fosse at E.
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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.