Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Dunnagorran, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Dunnagorran
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.69694, -7.06373
- SMR number
- ME015-099----
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 a low E-W ridge. This is a circular grass-covered area (diam. 33m WNW-ESE; 30m NNE-SSW) with old quarry holes in the interior defined by an overgrown fosse (at NW: Wth of top 6.7m; Wth of base 2m; int. D 1.5m; ext. D 0.8m)W-NE and by a scarp (at SE: Wth 10m; H 1.7m) elsewhere. The original entrance may be a gap (Wth. of base 2.5m) at E. It is within the field system (ME015-100----).
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
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.