Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Patrickstown, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Patrickstown
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.73865, -7.06588
- SMR number
- ME015-018001-
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 just S of the summit of a low ridge, which is at the bottom of the S-facing slope at the E end of the Slieve na Calliagh ridge, in an area known as Knockrath. This is a circular grass-covered area (diam. c. 29.5m E-W; c. 27.5m N-S) defined by a widely spread earthen bank (Wth of base 10.5-12m; int. H 0.2-0.4m; ext. H 0.8m at E to 1.7m at W) and an outer fosse (at W: Wth of base 4m; ext. D 0.2m) that is largely reduced to a berm (at E: Wth 7m). The entrance might be a slight ramp (Wth 3.7m) at W. The entrance to souterrain (ME015-018002-) is on the perimeter of the rath at SSE.
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
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Concentric enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.