Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Colp East, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Colp East
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.70487, -6.28421
- SMR number
- ME021-035----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1799 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1841 · 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 slight E-facing slope. The cropmark of a circular enclosure (int. dims c. 60m ENE-WSW; c. 50m NNW-SSE) defined by two fosses (ext. dims c. 90m ENE-WSW; c. 70m NNW-SSE) is partially visible on Apple Maps, which utilises a survey conducted by Bluesky International during June 2018. Both fosses are largely missing at E and S-W, and the enclosure is also faintly visible on Digital Globe (c. 2013). It was first reported by Anthony Murphy.
See the attached enhanced view from Apple Maps
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 31 January 2020
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Crossunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.