Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Drumlargan, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Drumlargan
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.47113, -6.70445
- SMR number
- ME043-033----
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
Located at the crest of a N-facing slope. This is an oval grass-covered area (dims 50m N-S; c. 42m E-W) that slopes down to the NW. It is defined by an earthen bank (at SE: Wth of base 9m; int. H 1.4m; ext. H 1.3m) and a rounded fosse (at SE: Wth of base c. 1m; Wth of top 9m; ext. D 1m) that is absent W-N where the bank (Wth of base 9m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 2.1m) barely reses over the interior and the fosse is not visible. There is a large gap (Wth of base 5.6m) at NE that is probably the original entrance.
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: 26 August 2019
Amended: 24 March 2023
Nearby in the register
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
- Barrow - mound barrowunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.