Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Annagh (fore By.), County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Annagh (fore By.)
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.72145, -7.23120
- SMR number
- ME014-021----
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 rise in an undulating landscape. A small D-shaped embanked enclosure (ext. dims c. 40m NW-SE; c. 35-40m NE-SW) with straight sides at SE and SW is depicted only on the 1836 edition of the OS 6-inch map where it is described in gothic lettering as a ‘Fort’. No archaeological feature is visible at ground level in improved pasture, but it was probably a rath.
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: 22 November 2018
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.