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
- 53.77297, -6.91825
- SMR number
- ME010-015----
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 slight rise on a fairly level landscape. This is a circular, raised and grass-covered area (diam. 24.5m ENE-WSW; 23m NW-SE) defined by an earthen bank (at WSW: Wth of base 5.5m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 1.7m; at ENE: Wth of base 9m; int. H 1m; ext. H 2m), with some trees and an external stone facing W-N. There is no visible fosse and the original entrance is not identified. An ENE-WSW field bank clips the monument at N.
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
Nearby in the register
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.