Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Iffernock, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Iffernock
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.54662, -6.75338
- SMR number
- ME036-057003-
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 fairly level landscape. Aerial photographs by Conor Newman show three enclosures within a field system (ME036-057001-) and it is also visible on Bing images (2013) and (GB89.M.06). This enclosure (diam. c. 25m) is defined by a single fosse feature (Wth c. 1-2m) and is conjoined with the defining feature of rath (ME036-057002-) which is just to the NE. Rath (ME036-057004-) is c. 10m to the SW. It was also photographed by Noel and Conor Murphy in July 2018.
See the attached view courtesy of Noel and Conor Murphy
Compiled by: Dr Gillian Barrett for the Archaeological Survey of Ireland.
Date of upload: 10 June 2009
Amended: 8 July, 2019
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.