Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Capranny, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Capranny
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.56046, -6.83296
- SMR number
- ME036-006----
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 a fairly level landscape. The cropmark of a circular enclosure (diam. c. 40) defined by a single positive or fosse feature is visible on oblique aerial photographs (CUCAP: BGH 76; BGH 83). It is also visible on OSI aerial images (2005; 2018), and on Google Earth (14/07/2018; 29/06/2018) where a large N-S quarry trench, perhaps a souterrain, can be seen in the W 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
CUCAP - Cambridge University Collection of Aerial Photographs. Unit for Landscape Modelling, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge. See:https://www.cambridgeairphotos.com
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.