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
- 53.79890, -6.73757
- SMR number
- ME012-003----
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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 rise which is on an E-facing slope. This is a circular grass-covered area (diam. 36m NE-SW; 33.5m NW-SE) defined by a scarp (at ENE: Wth 6m; H 2.5m; at WSW: Wth 3m; H 1.8m) with slight traces of the inner edge of a bank (at NW: Wth of base 5.7m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 2.9m) SW-NW. There are possible ramp-like entrances at NW (Wth 1.8m) and ESE (Wth 1.2m), but there is no visible fosse and there is some scrub on the scarp.
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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.