Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Commons of Lloyd, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Commons of Lloyd
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.73747, -6.92074
- SMR number
- ME016-012----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Located towards the bottom of a NW-facing slope of the Hill of Lloyd. It is depicted as a circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 40-45m) only the 1910 edition of the OS 6-inch map where it is described as a ‘Fort’ and as a hachured circular feature on the 1912 25-inch edition. It was described in 1968 (SMR file) as a low rise (ext. diam. 38m E-W; 37m N-S; max. H 0.35m at NW). There was no visible fosse or entrance, but it is probably a rath. However, a gradiometer survey (23R0199) of the entire field failed to provide any confirmation of any subsurface presence of this feature (Dowling 2023b).
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 revisions: 25 February 2019, 03 November 2025
References
Dowling, G. 2023 Geophysical Survey Report. Hill of Lloyd, Kells, Co. Meath. Licence: 23R0199. Unpublished report, Author
Nearby in the register
- Barrow - mound barrowunder 1 mi
- Barrow - mound barrowunder 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.