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Enclosure

Rathbrack (Kells Upper By., Dulane Par.), County Meath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Enclosure, Rathbrack (Kells Upper By., Dulane Par.), County Meath, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Rathbrack (Kells Upper By., Dulane Par.)
County
Meath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
fort
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.74329, -6.93464
SMR number
ME016-008----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1636 · Vltoniae Orientalis Pars (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Situated at the S edge of a plain and overlooking the N bank of a W-E section of the River Blackwater, with the stream c. 55m to the S. It is depicted as a rectangular embanked enclosure (ext. dims c. 35m NNE-SSW; c. 25-30m) with some bushes only on the 1836 edition of the OS 6-inch map where it is described as a ‘Fort’. It was visible in 1969 as a rectangular area (dims 29.5m N-S; 18m E-W) defined by a low earthen bank (at E: Wth of base c. 5m). It could be a moated site, although it is not visible on any available aerial images.

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: 25 February 2019

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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