Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Clonasillagh, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Clonasillagh
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.76330, -7.03123
- SMR number
- ME010-028----
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 rise which is on an E-facing slope and the interior slopes down slightly to the E (H 0.5m). This is a raised, circular and grass-covered area (diam. 43m E-W; 41m N-S) defined by a fosse (Wth of top 4.5-6.5m; Wth of base 1.5m; int. D 1.7-2m; ext. D 0.8m at E to 1.8m at W), with an external counterscarp bank (at W: Wth of base 4m; ext. H 0.3m) W-NE and SE-S. A causeway (Wth of top 2.9m; H 0.5m) across the fosse at E is the only indication of an entrance, and the perimeter has some bushes S-NW.
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
- Decorated stone (present location)under 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Passage tomb artunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.