Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Loughcrew, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Loughcrew
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.72474, -7.14634
- SMR number
- ME015-038----
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 on a shelf towards the top of the SE-facing slope of a prominent hill. It is depicted on the 1836 and 1908 editions of the OS 6-inch map. This is a circular grass-covered area (diam. 17.3m NNE-SSW) defined by an earthen bank (Wth of base 3-4.5m; int. H 0.5-0.6m; ext. H 0.7-0.9m), and a slight outer fosse or drain (Wth of top 3.3-4.2m; ext. D 0.1-0.3m) NE-E-SW. There is no visible original entrance.
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
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.