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
- 53.79966, -6.74147
- SMR number
- ME012-002----
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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 top of and at the S end of a NNE-SSW ridge. This is a circular grass-covered area (diam. 38.8m N-S; 37m E-W) defined by a scarp (at N: Wth 4m; H 1.2m; at S: Wth 4m; H 1.8m), with evidence of a bank (int. H 0.6m) at W. There is a raised ramp entrance (Wth of top 2.6m) at NW which might not be original as there is also a poorly defined break in the scarp at SSE, which is the lowest point of the interior and is more likely to be original. There is evidence of ancient quarrying in the NE and central parts of the interior.
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
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.