Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Athcarne, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Athcarne
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.62722, -6.43986
- SMR number
- ME033-042----
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 rise in an undulating landscape. The cropmark of a subrectangular enclosure (diam. c. 40m) defined by a single fosse feature SW-N-E is visible on aerial image (OSAP: 1995). Ring-ditch (ME032-041----) is c. 60m to the W. It was first identified by Colin Byrne.
See the attached image which is an extract from (OSAP: 1995) with the rath at right.
Date of upload: 15 September, 2017
References
OSAP - Ordnance Survey Aerial Photographs. Photographic collection. Ordnance Survey of Ireland. Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.