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
- 53.70325, -6.29278
- SMR number
- ME021-037----
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 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Located at the tip of a low W-E spur. The cropmark of a subcircular enclosure (dims c. 38m NW-SE; c. 32m NE-SW) defined by a single fosse (Wth c. 3m) is visible only on Google Earth (21/07/2021). It was first reported by Anthony Murphy.
See the attached enhanced view from Google Earth (21/00/2021)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 1 September 2021
Nearby in the register
- Crossunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Cross - High crossunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.