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Ringfort - rath

Colp East, County Meath, Ireland

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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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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1799 "Ireland." (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.

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Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 31 January 2020

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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