Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure - large enclosure
Maperath (kells Upr. By; Loughan Or Castlekeeran Par.), County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Maperath (kells Upr. By; Loughan Or Castlekeeran Par.)
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.76905, -6.90805
- SMR number
- ME010-056----
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 on a slight E-facing slope, on land that might once have been part of the demesne of Maperath House. The faint parchmark of a large circular enclosure (diam. c. 70m N-S; c. 70m E-W) is visible in pasture on Google Earth (02/07/2018). It appears to be defined by a wide inner and a slighter outer fosse, and it was first reported by M. Tunney.
See the attached enhanced view from Google Earth (02/07/2018)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 26 July 2022
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.