Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Gilltown, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gilltown
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.68401, -6.48235
- SMR number
- ME026-035----
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 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated at the crest of a steep N-facing slope down to the W-E River Boyne at Brú na Bóinne, with the river c. 270m to the N. The cropmark of a perfectly circular enclosure (diam. c. 50m) defined by a single fosse feature (Wth c. 2-3m) is visible on Apple Maps, which utilises a survey conducted by Bluesky International during June 2018. It has an entrance (Wth c. 5m) at N. The rath (ME026-022----) is c. 75m to the SW. It was first identified by Matthew Mullen-Reynolds.
See the attached enhanced aerial view from Apple Maps
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 31 January 2020
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Hengeunder 1 mi
- Linear earthworkunder 1 mi
- Hengeunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.