Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Knavinstown, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knavinstown
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.54154, -6.43857
- SMR number
- ME039-021----
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 level landscape on the S bank of the E-W canalized Hurley River. A circular enclosure (diam. c. 20m) enclosed by two or three grass-covered earthwork banks SE-W-N is visible on Google Earth (05/10/2009, 23/09/2013, 28/01/2017). It was first reported by Jacqui Anderson, and it is also visible on Digital Globe (2013).
See the attached view from Google Earth
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 15 January 2020
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Font (present location)under 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.