Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Danestown, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Danestown
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.62414, -6.52329
- SMR number
- ME032-007----
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
The following 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.
Date of upload/revision: 10 July 2007
Raised oval area defined by remains of earthen bank (dims. 41m ENE-WSW, 34m NNW-SSE) with external fosse and outer bank (max. ext. dim. 82m ENE-WSW). . Entrance and causeway at SW.
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.