Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Diamor, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Diamor
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Moat
- Latest-edition OS map
- Moat
- Coordinates
- 53.71032, -7.08765
- SMR number
- ME015-037----
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 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated at the NE end of an undulating NE-SW ridge in a low-lying landscape. This is a subcircular grass-covered area (dims 32m NE-SW; 27m NW-SE) defined by an earthen bank (Wth of base 4.5-5m; int. H 0.3-0.5m; ext. H 0.9-1.3m) with some bushes that is reduced to a scarp (Wth 3m; H 1.6m) at SSE, and there are slight traces of a fosse at NE (ext. D 0.2m) and S. The entrance (Wth of base 2.2m) is at SW. The interior is overlain by a relict NNE-SSW field bank.
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
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Castle - motte and baileyunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.