Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Knockstown (Deece Lower By., Trubley Par.), County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knockstown (Deece Lower By., Trubley Par.)
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.56172, -6.70573
- SMR number
- ME037-047----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. C. Kon: Ireland. a. Prov: Leinster. Counties: 1-12 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
Located on a fairly level landscape. A circular enclosure (diam. c. 49m N-S; c. 45m E-W) defined by a single fosse feature is visible on aerial images (OSAP: 1995) and on Digital Globe (2013). It is also visible on Google Earth (12/07/2013), and was first identified by Stephen Kehoe.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 25 January 2018
Amended: 21/08/2019
References
OSAP - Ordnance Survey Aerial Photographs. Photographic collection. Ordnance Survey of Ireland. Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Barrow - mound barrowunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.