Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Mountainpole, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Mountainpole
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.74382, -6.90137
- SMR number
- ME016-063----
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
Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
Located on a gentle S-facing slope. The cropmark of a circular enclosure (int. diam. c. 30m NE-SW; c. 30m NW-SE) defined by a continuous and wide fosse feature (Wth c. 2-3m) is only visible on Apple Maps, which utilises a survey conducted by Bluesky International during June 2018. It was first reported by Anthony Murphy.
See the attached enhanced aerial view from Apple Maps
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 27 January 2020
Nearby in the register
- Timber circleunder 1 mi
- Kiln - corn-dryingunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.