Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Burtonstown, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Burtonstown
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.62289, -6.50292
- SMR number
- ME032-091----
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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)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. C. Kon: Ireland. a. Prov: Leinster. Counties: 1-12 (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 on a rise on a gentle N-facing slope. The cropmark of a circular area (int. diam. c. 45m N-S; c. 40m E-W) defined by a wide fosse (Wth c. 4-5m) is visible only on Apple Maps (2018). The perimeter is slightly truncated by a N-S field bank at W and there may be an entrance (Wth c. 4m) at SW. It was first reported by Jean Charles Caillere.
See the attached enhanced view from Apple Maps (2018)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 25 June 2021
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.