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Ringfort - rath

Moylagh, County Meath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Moylagh, County Meath, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Moylagh
County
Meath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.72719, -7.19179
SMR number
ME014-033----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1636 · Vltoniae Orientalis Pars (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Visible on Bing images (c. 2013), this feature was first brought to attention by Katherine McCormick. It is located at the W edge of a fairly high plateau and at the crest of a NW-facing slope. Subcircular grass-covered area (dims 35m NE-SW; c. 30m NW-SE) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 5-5.3m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.3m) N-E and S-W. There is no identifiable entrance.

See the attached view from Digital Globe (c. 2013)

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of revised upload: 25 May, 2016

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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