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
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.73615, -6.90445
- SMR number
- ME016-016----
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 1636 "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated on the steep N-facing slope of the Hill of Lloyd. It is not depicted on any map but is visible on aerial photographs (GSIAP: N 263, 264) and on later series (OSAP 2000, 2005, Digital Globe). This is a circular grass-covered area (diam. 51m NW-SE; 50m NE-SW) defined by an earthen bank (at E: Wth of base 4m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.4m). There is no visible fosse or identifiable original entrance.
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
References
OSAP - Ordnance Survey Aerial Photographs. Photographic collection. Ordnance Survey of Ireland. Dublin.
GSIAP - Geological Survey of Ireland Aerial Photographs (c. 1973). Geological Survey. Beggars Bush, Haddington Road, Dublin 4.
Nearby in the register
- Hillfortunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.