Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Bey More, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Bey More
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.69162, -6.35000
- SMR number
- ME020-096----
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
Located on the spine of a low and broad ENE-WSW ridge or rise. The cropmark of a subcircular area (dims c. 35m E-W; c. 30m N-S) defined by a single fosse (Wth c. 2-3m) is visible on Google Earth (21/07/2021). There is a wide gap (Wth c. 15m) in the perimeter at NW. Elements of a field system (ME020-096001-) extend off to the N but are not directly connected with this rath. The enclosure is also faintly visible on Apple Maps (2018) and was first reported by Anthony Murphy.
See the attached enhanced view from Google Earth (21/07/2021)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 31 August 2021
Nearby in the register
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.