Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballynamona (kells Upper By.), County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballynamona (kells Upper By.)
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.74853, -6.92790
- SMR number
- ME010-040----
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
Located in a low-lying and fairly level landscape. This feature is not depicted on any map. The cropmark of a circular enclosure (diam. c. 30-35m) defined by a single fosse feature with an entrance gap at S is visible on an oblique aerial photograph (CUCAP: AYS, 37), but it has not become visible on other aerial images.
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
CUCAP - Cambridge University Collection of Aerial Photographs. Unit for Landscape Modelling, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge. See:https://www.cambridgeairphotos.com
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Linear earthworkunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Castle - motte and baileyunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.