Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Loughanderg, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Loughanderg
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.67614, -7.05435
- SMR number
- ME022-019----
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
Situated at the W edge of a ridge. This is a subcircular grass-covered area (dims 24m N-S; 19.5m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (at N: Wth of base 4.2m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 1.1m), which is incorporated into a field bank (at S: Wth of base 2m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.8m) NE-S, with an outer fosse (at N: Wth of top 5m; ext. D 0.3m) and traces of an outer bank (at N: Wth of base 4m; ext. H 3m) NNW-NE. The original entrance is not identified.
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
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.