Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Donacarney Great, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Donacarney Great
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.70442, -6.27761
- SMR number
- ME021-038----
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 on a slight S-facing slope with a small WSW-ENE stream c. 75m to the S. The cropmark of a subcircular area (dims c. 38m N-S; c. 32m E-W) defined by a single continuous fosse (Wth c. 3m) is only visible on Google Earth (21/07/2021). There is a small coral (dims c. 12m N-S; c. 6m E-W) defined by a ditch backing onto the inside of the perimeter at E. It was first reported by Anthony Murphy.
See the attached enhanced view from Google Earth (21/07/2021)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 1 September 2021
Nearby in the register
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Burialunder 1 mi
- Buildingunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.