Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Rathmea, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rathmea
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.74325, -7.22036
- SMR number
- ME014-007----
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
Situated on a SW-NE spur in an undulating landscape. This is a raised circular and grass-covered area (diam.43m N-S; 40.5m NW-SE) that slopes down slightly to the E. It is defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth of base 7.5-8.5m; int. H 0.3-0.4m; ext. H 2.4m at SE to 3.2m at W) separated by a fosse (Wth of top 9.5-11.5m; Wth of base 3.2-4m; ext. D 1-1.5m), with an outer bank (at SE: Wth of base 5.3m; ext. D 0.5m) E-SE and W-NNE. The entrance (Wth of base 2.5m) is at E, and a farm lane occupies the fosse NNE-E. Rath (ME014-008----) is c. 90m to the NE.
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 revision: 21 November 2018
Nearby in the register
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.