Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Balrath Demesne, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Balrath Demesne
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.70336, -6.94293
- SMR number
- ME016-040----
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 on a rise in a gently undulating landscape. This is a circular grass-covered area (diam. 60m WNW-ESE; 59m NE-SW) defined by a slight earthen bank NE-SE but largely by a low scarp (at SW: Wth 5m; H 1.2m; at NE: Wth 8m; H 0.4m), with a slight fosse at SW (Wth of top 9m; int. D 1.2m; ext. D 0.3m). The original entrance is not identified. The visible profile may have been eroded away by 2000 (OSAP).
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
Amended: 3 March 2023
References
OSAP - Ordnance Survey Aerial Photographs. Photographic collection. Ordnance Survey of Ireland. Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Fontunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.