Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Ballymacan, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballymacan
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.76910, -6.56324
- SMR number
- ME013-011----
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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 the NE end of a short NE-SW ridge (L c. 200m) that is part of the ENE-WSW Slieve Breagh ridge. A large circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 70m N-S; c. 65m E-W) is depicted only on the 1836 edition of the OS 6-inch map where it is annotated as a ‘Fort’. In 1969 it was described (SMR file) as a circular area (diam. 50m N-S; 50m E-W) defined by a small section of a bank (Wth of base 4m; int. H 0.7m; ext. H 1.5m) incorporated into a field bank SE-S with an outer drain, and by a low scarp elsewhere.
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: 3 August 2022
References
SMR file - Sites and monuments record files in the National Monuments Service, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage.
Nearby in the register
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.