Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Dunlough, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Dunlough
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.58858, -6.75057
- SMR number
- ME030-020----
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 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated on a low NW-SE ridge. An oval feature (dims c. 50m E-W; c. 30m N-S) with what might be a pond attached just to the NE is depicted on the 1836 edition of the OS 6-inch map where it is described as a ‘Fort’. An earthen bank (Wth of base 5m; H 0.5m) with a silted outer fosse (Wth of top 3m; ext. D 1m) survived in 1969 (SMR file) from the NW angle of a rectangular enclosure in an area of old grass-covered quarries and its outline can be seen on aerial image (OSAP 1995).
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
References
OSAP - Ordnance Survey Aerial Photographs. Photographic collection. Ordnance Survey of Ireland. Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Font (present location)1 mi
- Enclosure1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.