Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Herbertstown (fore By.), County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Herbertstown (fore By.)
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.68845, -7.12139
- SMR number
- ME015-089----
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
Located on top of a little hillock in a low-lying landscape. It is depicted as a circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 50m) on the 1836 edition of the OS 6-inch map where it is described as a ‘Fort’, and it is represented as a bivallate enclosure on the 1908 edition. This monument was removed in 1953 but was described locally as having had two banks. It was visible in 1969 as a circular grass-covered area (int. diam. 37m N-S; 33.5m E-W) defined by traces of a fosse visible as a slight dip (at S: Wth 5.5m) and as a vegetation change (at W: Wth c. 7.5m) elsewhere (SMR file). It is excluded from forestry since before 1995 (OSAP).
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
References
SMR file - Sites and monuments record files in the National Monuments Service, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage.
OSAP - Ordnance Survey Aerial Photographs. Photographic collection. Ordnance Survey of Ireland. Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.