Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Boltown, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Boltown
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.70768, -6.98372
- SMR number
- ME016-032----
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
Situated in a low-lying landscape and in full view of Bolton House, c. 250m to the W. This feature is not depicted on any OS 6-inch map but is visible on aerial photographs (GSIAP: N 261, 262) but not on later series. It is a slightly raised grass-covered area (diam. 30m N-S; 27.5m E-W) defined by a low scarp (H 0.4-0.5m). There are traces of a fosse (Wth of base 2.2m; ext. D 0.4m) and outer bank (Wth of base 3m; ext. H 0.2m) SW-W. An original entrance is not identified.
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
References
GSIAP - Geological Survey of Ireland Aerial Photographs (c. 1973). Geological Survey. Beggars Bush, Haddington Road, Dublin 4.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.