Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Butlerstown (morgallion By.), County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Butlerstown (morgallion By.)
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.79719, -6.74506
- SMR number
- ME012-001----
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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 at the crest of a W-facing slope overlooking the headwaters of a small canalised S-N stream that is c. 70m to the W. This is a circular grass-covered area (diam. 49.5m E-W; 49m N-S) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (at S: Wth of base 6.5m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1.4m) largely reduced to a scarp (at N: Wth 4m; H 1.7m) and an outer fosse (Wth of top 8m at N to 10m at S; Wth of base 2m at N to 4.5m at S; ext. D 1-1.2m). The original entrance (Wth of base 5m) and traces of a causeway (Wth of top c. 7.5m) are at SE where the fosse is most eroded.
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 upload: 10 July 2007
Amended: 2 August 2022, 15 December 2022
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.