Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Newtown (fore By., Moylagh Ed), County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Newtown (fore By., Moylagh Ed)
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.74018, -7.12003
- SMR number
- ME015-008----
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 S-facing slope down from the col between Carrickbrack c. 330m to the W and a shoulder of Carnbane East c. 380m to the NE. This is a circular grass-covered area (diam. 30m) defined by an external fosse (Wth of top 6m; Wth of base 3m; D 0.7-1.2m; ext. D 0.3m) and counterscarp bank SSE-S and SW-NW (Wth 3m; ext. H 0.7m). There is an entrance gap and causeway at SE and the perimeter is slightly truncated by a NNW-SSE road bank at E.
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: 6 February 2017
Nearby in the register
- Rock artunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Rock artunder 1 mi
- Standing stone - pairunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.