Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Greenan (fore By.), County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Greenan (fore By.)
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.70518, -7.17773
- SMR number
- ME015-064----
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 on a rise which is on a NE-facing slope. This is a circular grass-covered area (diam. 36m NE-SW; 33m NW-SE) that slopes down to the E (H 1.5m). It is defined by a slight bank (at W: Wth of base 5m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.4m) ESE-W that is largely reduced to a scarp (at E: Wth 2.5m; H 0.5m). The original entrance is not identified. It is skirted by a NNE-SSW field bank E-S.
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: 9 January 2019
Nearby in the register
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.