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Ringfort - rath

Lisdornan, County Meath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Lisdornan, 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
Lisdornan
County
Meath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.65181, -6.30664
SMR number
ME027-122----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1799 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1841 · 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

Located towards the bottom of the N-facing slope of Bellewstown Hill. The cropmark of a circular enclosure (int. diam. c. 27-29m) defined by a fosse (Wth c. 1-3m) is visible only on Apple Maps which utilises a survey conducted by Bluesky International during June 2018. A canalised SW-NE stream runs W-E c. 7m to the S and turns N c. 20m to the E but an older channel exits the fosse of the ring-ditch at NNE and extends N. The rath was reported separately by Matthew Mullen-Reynolds and Anthony Murphy about the same time.

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Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload; 6 February 2020

Nearby in the register

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

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