Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Irishtown (Duleek Upper By., Moorechurch Par.), County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Irishtown (Duleek Upper By., Moorechurch Par.)
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.65159, -6.22886
- SMR number
- ME028-056----
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5 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)
- 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)
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
A circular crompark (diam. c. 30m) defined by a single fosse feature and an entrance gap at SE is visible on an aerial photograph (OSAP, 1995). it is also faintly visible on Bing (2013). (Pers com. Tom Condit)
Compiled by: David O’Connor
Date of revised upload: 15 September 2017
Nearby in the register
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.