Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Stirrupstown, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Stirrupstown
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.68105, -7.07701
- SMR number
- ME022-005----
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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 hillock in a low-lying undulating landscape. This is a circular grass-covered area coming to a sharp angle at N (diam. 28m NNE-SSW; 27m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth of base 3.6-4.8; int. H 0.3-0.7m; ext. H 1.2-1.9m) with some bushes and traces of an inner stone facing. There is an outer fosse (Wth of base 2m; ext. D 0.6m) SW-N, and an outer bank (Wth of base 4.3m; ext. H 0.8m) SSW-WSW, which could be incorporated into a NE-SW field bank SE-SSW. The entrance (Wth of base 1.9m) is at NNW. The interior is overlain by fragments of a NW-SE field bank, with another bank extending SW from it at the centre. The outer bank had been removed by 1995 (OSAP).
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
References
OSAP - Ordnance Survey Aerial Photographs. Photographic collection. Ordnance Survey of Ireland. Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.