Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Woodpole, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Woodpole
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.75325, -6.97603
- SMR number
- ME010-037----
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 in a col between slightly higher ground c. 100m to the N and c. 50m to the SW with lower ground to the NW and SE. It is depicted as a small embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 30m) on the 1836 edition of the OS 6-inch map and as a D-shaped hachured feature (dims c. 45m N-S; c. 25m E-W) truncated by a N-S field bank at E on the 1912 edition of the OS 6-inch map. It was recorded in 1968 (SMR file) as a subcircular overgrown area (dims c. 30m N-S; c. 23m E-W) defined by a scarp (at W: Wth 1.8m; H 0.5m). The visible monument had been removed by 2000 (OSAP).
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
References
OSAP - Ordnance Survey Aerial Photographs. Photographic collection. Ordnance Survey of Ireland. Dublin.
SMR file - Sites and monuments record files in the National Monuments Service, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage.
Nearby in the register
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- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Pitunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.