Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Galleastown, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Galleastown
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.71872, -7.11600
- SMR number
- ME015-048----
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 SW-facing slope. It is not depicted on any map but is visible on aerial photographs (GSIAP: N 259, 260) and later series. This is a circular grass-covered area (diam. 26m E-W; 24.5m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth of base 2.8-4m; int. H 0.3-0.4m; ext. H 0.8m) N-E that is largely reduced to a scarp (at W: H 1m), with a fosse (at S: Wth of top 2.8m; int. D 0.8m; ext. D 0.3m) NNE-S. There is a causeway (Wth of top 2m) across the fosse at E, and the perimeter is slightly truncated by a NE-SW field bank and hedge at NW.
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
- Barrow - ditch barrowunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.