Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Carranstown Great, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carranstown Great
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.54463, -6.98054
- SMR number
- ME035-009----
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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 slight NW-facing slope. This rath is not depicted on any map but is visible on aerial photographs (GSIAP: N 147, 148) and later series. The SW quadrant of an enclosure survives as a D-shaped grass-covered area (dims 38m N-S; 32.5m E-W) defined by a fosse (Wth of top 3.5m; int. D 0.9-1.1m; ext. D 0.3m at W to 0.7m at S). There is an entrance ramp (Wth 3m) and causeway at SW. It is truncated by field banks at N and E and does not survive visibly in adjacent fields. There is a bullaun stone (dims c. 1m x c. 0.8m) with a single basin in the interior.
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
References
GSIAP - Geological Survey of Ireland Aerial Photographs (c. 1973). Geological Survey. Beggars Bush, Haddington Road, Dublin 4.
Nearby in the register
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Crossunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.