Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Hurdlestown, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Hurdlestown
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.70461, -6.79211
- SMR number
- ME017-029----
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 knoll in the valley of the River Blackwater with a NNW-SSE section of the stream c. 200m to the E. This feature is not depicted on any map but is visible on aerial photographs (GSIAP: N 266, 267) and on later series. It is a raised circular and grass-covered platform (diam. 17.5m NW-SE; 16.5m NE-SW) defined by an earthen bank (at SE: Wth of base 4.8m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 1m) NE-S-W and by a scarp (H 0.4m) elsewhere. There is no visible fosse or identifiable original entrance.
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: 15 April 2019
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Road - road/trackwayunder 1 mi
- Ceremonial enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - pondunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.