Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Rathcormick, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rathcormick
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.56722, -6.93936
- SMR number
- ME035-004----
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 level landscape. This is a circular area (diam. 34m E-W; 32.5m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (at N: Wth of base 3.5m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 0.6m) largely reduced to a scarp (at S: Wth 1.5m; H 0.5m) separated by a berm (Wth 1.5-2m) from an outer earthen bank (Wth of base 3-4.5m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 1m) and an outer drain (Wth of base 1m; ext. D 0.4-0.5m). The outer bank and drain are in straight sections (L c. 10m) and may be secondary relating to its use as a tree-ring and it is now planted in coniferous trees. There are entrances in the inner bank at N (Wth of base 4m) and E (Wth of base 1.7m).
The above 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.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of revision: 5 July 2019
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Castle - motte and baileyunder 1 mi
- Battlefield1 mi
- Enclosure - large enclosure1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.