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
- 53.66054, -7.09165
- SMR number
- ME022-028----
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 on a hillock in an undulating landscape with a NW-SE canalised stream c. 60m to the SW. This is a subcircular grass-covered area (dims 40.5m NE-SW; 28m NNW-SSE) defined by an earthen bank with some bushes (Wth of base 8.5-9m; int. H c. 0.9m; ext. H 1.9-2.4m) separated by a rounded fosse (Wth of top 7.5-8; ext. D 0.7-0.9m) from an outer bank (Wth of base 3.3m at NE to 7m at SW; ext. H 0.3m at NW to 0.9m at SW), which is missing ESE-S. There is an entrance through the inner bank (Wth of base 2.5m) and a causeway (Wth of top 2.7m; H 0.5m) at SSE (ext. diam. 62m NE-SW).
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: 11 January 2019
Amended: 23 March 2023
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Mill - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.