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Ringfort - rath

Kilcooly (Deece Lower By.), County Meath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Kilcooly, County Meath, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Kilcooly (Deece Lower By.)
County
Meath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Ribstown fort
Latest-edition OS map
Ribstown Fort
Coordinates
53.50037, -6.58285
SMR number
ME044-009----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1799 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · 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)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Situated on a slight N-facing slope. It is depicted on the 1836 and 1908 editions of the OS 6-inch map and described as ‘Ribstown Fort’ in gothic lettering on both. This is a raised, subcircular, grass and scrub-covered mound (diam. of top 25m NNE-SSW; 22.5m WNW-ESE) defined by an earthen bank (Wth of base 6-7.5m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1.7m at NE to 2.3m at SW), and the remains of a fosse (at SW: Wth 3m; D 0.7m) SSW-W-NNE. The entrance may be a slight dip on the perimeter at E.

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.

Date of upload: 10 July 2007
Amended: 22 November 2021

Nearby in the register

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

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