Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Newrath Big (Kells Upper By.), County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Newrath Big (Kells Upper By.)
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.72489, -6.90244
- SMR number
- ME016-055001-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1636 · Vltoniae Orientalis Pars (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
Located on a low N-S spur at the S base of the Hill of Lloyd. The opening to the souterrain (ME016-055----) is c. 10m inside the perimeter of a rath at W. The rath is visible as the cropmark of an enclosure (diam. c. 55-60m) defined by a single ditch feature that is visible on Google Earth (24/03/2017; 07/05/2017; OSAP 2005). An entrance to the enclosure is not visible. The rath (ME016-023001-) and souterrain (ME016-023002-) are c. 170m to the WNW.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 26 February 2019
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.