Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Lurganboy, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lurganboy
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.68632, -7.13692
- SMR number
- ME022-001----
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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
Situated on a NW-SE ridge in an undulating landscape. It is depicted as a large embanked enclosure described as a ‘Fort’ on the 1836 edition of the OS 6-inch map and as a large sub-triangular field defined by field banks and hachures on the 1908 edition. This is a subcircular or sub-triangular grass-covered area (dims c. 46m N-S; c. 46m E-W) defined by a scarp (at W: Wth 2m; H 3m) and hedge. There is no visible bank, fosse or entrance.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Meath' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1987). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of revision: 10 January 2019
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.