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Ringfort - rath

Coolderry, County Meath, Ireland

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Townland
Coolderry
County
Meath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.49538, -6.79636
SMR number
ME042-016----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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

This is a subcircular domed (H c. 2m) and grass-covered area (dims 54m NE-SW; 42m NE-SW) defined by a scarp (at NW: Wth 5m; H 1.5m: at SE: Wth 4m; H 2m), with a slight outer fosse or drain S-N-E. An entrance is not identified but it is overlain by a NE-SW field bank towards the perimeter at SE. Rath (ME042-017----) is c. 30m to the NNE.

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: 12 August 2019

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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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