Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballany, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballany
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.69951, -7.21205
- SMR number
- ME014-032----
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 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Located on a rise on a fairly low-lying undulating landscape with Carrick Lough, a small lake (diam. c. 100m) just 40m to the SW. This is a subcircular grass-covered area (diam. 47m NW-SE; 43m NE-SW) defined by an earthen bank and an outer fosse that morphs into a berm SW-N-E. The entrance is at SE.
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 2019
Nearby in the register
- Cross - Wayside crossunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.