Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Curraghwalls, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Curraghwalls
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.62241, -6.36981
- SMR number
- ME033-067003-
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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
Located towards the bottom of an E-facing slope. An oval enclosure (int. dims c. 28m ENE-WSW; c. 20m NNW-SSE) is defined by two fosses (ext. dims c. 38m ENE-WSW; c. 30m NNW-SSE) is visible only on Apple Maps which utilises a survey conducted by Bluesky International during June 2018. There is an entrance gap through the inner (Wth c. 1.5m) and outer (Wth c. 3m) fosses at ENE. The rath is overlain be the cropmarks of field drains associated with the field system (ME033-067001-). The complex was first reported by Anthony Murphy.
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Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 10 February 2020
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Enclosure - large enclosureunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.