Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Boltown, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Boltown
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.71365, -6.99529
- SMR number
- ME016-025----
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 shelf towards the bottom of an E-facing slope. This is a subcircular grass-covered area (dims c. 32m E-W; c. 26m NNE-SSW) defined by an eroded earthen bank (Wth of base c. 15m; int. H 0.1m at N to 1m at S; ext. H 0.2m at S to 0.7m at N) and an outer fosse (Wth of top 9-15m; ext. D 0.2-0.5m). The perimeter is absent at E and the original entrance may have been there.
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: 26 February 2019
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.