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Ringfort - rath

Galboystown, County Meath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Galboystown, County Meath, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Galboystown
County
Meath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Fort
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.66815, -7.03048
SMR number
ME023-010----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Situated on a rise in an undulating landscape. This is a raised and grass-covered subcircular area (dims 51m ENE-WSW; c. 40m NW-SE) defined by an earthen bank (at ENE: Wth 11m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1m) separated by a slight fosse (at ENE: Wth of top 8.5m; Wth of base 2m; ext. D 0.3m) from an outer earthen bank (at ENE: Wth of base 9m; ext. H 1.2m) with some bushes NW-NE. The inner bank morphs into a scarp (at WSW: Wth 5m; H 1.7m) and the fosse into a berm (at WSW: Wth 7.5m) defined by the outer bank that has morphed into another scarp (at WSW: Wth 7m; H 1.6m) NE-S-WSW. There are traces of a third bank (at WSW: Wth 5m; ext. H 1m) S-WSW that is incorporated into a NNE-SSW field bank WSW-NW. The widened entrance through the inner (Wth of base 10m) and outer (Wth of base 10m) banks is at ESE. The E quadrant of the interior has old quarry pits.

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: 27 February 2019
Amended: 23 March 2023

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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