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Ringfort - rath

Monktown (Skreen By.), County Meath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Monktown, 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
Monktown (Skreen By.)
County
Meath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.62963, -6.57149
SMR number
ME032-106----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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 fairly level ground at the bottom of a SE-facing slope. The cropmark of a circular area (int. diam. c. 20m; ext. diam. c. 50m) defined by a negative cropmark on the site of an earthen bank (Wth c. 5-8m) and the positive cropmark of an external fosse (Wth c. 6m) is most clearly visible on Google Earth (21/04/2019). It has no visible entrance but the enclosure is also visible on Google Earth (14/05/2020; March 2022) and is faintly visible on Apple Maps. It was first reported by Jean Charles Caillére.

See the attached enhanced views from Google Earth _1 (21/04/2019), _2 (21/07/2021)

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 21 July 2022

Nearby in the register

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

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