Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Geehanstown, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Geehanstown
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.67084, -7.09009
- SMR number
- ME022-016----
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 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Located on a hillock in an undulating low-lying landscape. This is a subcircular, domed and overgrown area (dims 33m E-W; 29m N-S) defined a scarp (at SE: Wth 2.5m; H 1.3m) with an entrance ramp (Wth of base 2.2m) at E. Just E of the centre is a rectangular house site (int. dims 4.5m ENE-WSW; 3.5m NNW-SSE) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.45m) with an entrance at E. It remains unplanted in a coniferous forest since before 2005 (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
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.