Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Mountland Or Butterhouse, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Mountland Or Butterhouse
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.53839, -6.71349
- SMR number
- ME037-016----
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. A circular embanked enclosure with trees on the bank is depicted on the 1836 edition of the OS 6-inch map where it is described as a ‘Fort’, and it is depicted as a hachured feature on the 1912 edition. It was described locally as a flat-topped platform (H c. 1m) before it was removed in 1968 (SMR file). In 1969 it was visible as a circular area of dark soil (diam. 23m) defined by a band of yellow clay (Wth 4m at E to 8m at W) on the site of the bank and an outer ring of dark soil on the site of an outer fosse (Wth 5.5m at W to 10m at E). Some bones were noted in the NW quadrant (max. ext. diam. 46-50m). It has not become visible on any aerial imagery.
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: 21 August 2019
References
SMR file - Sites and monuments record files in the National Monuments Service, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage.
Nearby in the register
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Barrow - embanked barrowunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.