Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Balrath (fore By.), County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Balrath (fore By.)
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.73391, -7.08876
- SMR number
- ME015-030----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
Situated on a slight rise in a gently undulating, low-lying landscape. It is not depicted on any edition of the OS -6-inch map but is visible on aerial photographs (GSIAP: N 259, 260). This is a subcircular grass and scrub-covered area (dims 25.8m E-W; 20.4m N-S) defined by a slight earthen bank (Wth of base 4.5m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 1.2m) SE-W and by a scarp (H 1-1.4m) elsewhere, with a complete fosse (Wth of top 2.5-3.1m; ext. D 0.2-0.4m). There is an entrance causeway (Wth of top 6m) at SW. It remains unplanted in a forest since c. 2005 (OSAP).
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
References
OSAP - Ordnance Survey Aerial Photographs. Photographic collection. Ordnance Survey of Ireland. Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - passage tombunder 1 mi
- Platformunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.