Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Galmoystown, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Galmoystown
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.70124, -7.10847
- SMR number
- ME015-085----
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 towards the N end of a low ridge in an undulating low-lying landscape. This is a circular and slightly domed (H 0.7-1m) grass-covered area (diam. 23.7m NE-SW; 21.5m NW-SE) defined by an earthen bank (at SW: Wth of base 5m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.8m) WSW-N that is reduced to a scarp (at NE: Wth 4.3m; H 2m) elsewhere. There is no visible fosse but there is a ramp entrance (Wth of base 3.9m) at SW.
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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosure - large enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.