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Ringfort - rath

Rathconny, County Meath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Rathconny, 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
Rathconny
County
Meath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Fort
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.63016, -6.83435
SMR number
ME030-003----

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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)
  • 1799 · 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

Located in a level landscape on the N bank of a canalised W-E stream. This is a circular grass-covered area (diam. 24.5m NNW-SSE; 23.5m ENE-WSW) defined by an earthen bank (at WNW: Wth of base 10m; Wth of top 4.5m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.5m) SW-NW and an outer fosse (at ESE: Wth of top 5.6m; int. D 0.6m; ext. D 0.4m; at WNW: Wth of base 7.2m; Wth of top 2m; ext. D 0.2m) that is truncated by the stream SSE-SW. The original entrance is not identified. Outside the fosse at WNW is a possible house site (int. dims c. 3m NE-SW; c. 2m NW-SE) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2.3m; H 0.2m) but no entrance is visible.

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: 17 April 2019

Nearby in the register

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

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