Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Drumsawry Or Summerbank, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Drumsawry Or Summerbank
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.74528, -7.13022
- SMR number
- ME015-004----
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
Located towards the top of the N-facing slope of Carnbane West hill. This is a circular grass-covered area (diam. 30m NE-SW; 27m NW-SE) defined by an earthen bank (Wth of base 5-6m; int. H 0.2m at ENE to 1.2m at WSW), and an outer, rounded fosse that is best preserved (at WSW: Wth of top 5m; ext. D 1m) SE-WNW but its outer edge is clipped by a N-S field bank W-NW and it is largely reduced to a berm N-E. The entrance (Wth of base 1.1m) and a slight causeway (Wth 5.7m; H 0.25m) are at SSE. Archaeological testing (15E0276) by R. Meenan c. 200m to the NNE produced no related material (excavations.ie 2015:365).
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: 8 January 2019
Amended: 9 April 2021
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- Megalithic tomb - passage tombunder 1 mi
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.