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
- 53.69616, -7.13263
- SMR number
- ME015-086----
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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 N-S undulating ridge in a low-lying landscape. This is a raised subcircular and grass-covered area (dims 32m N-S; 27m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth of base 6-8m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 1.4-1.8m) and an outer fosse (Wth of top 8-10m; Wth of base 2-4m; ext. D 0.2m). The original entrance (Wth of base 3.9m) is at NNE. The interior is overlain by a NE-SW field bank just S of the centre, and it incorporates the SE part of the bank (Wth of base 6m; H 0.1-0.4m) defining a small hut-site (int. diam. 5m).
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
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.