Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Merrywell (ratoath By.), County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Merrywell (ratoath By.)
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.49083, -6.58058
- SMR number
- ME044-012----
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 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated on a slight NW-SE ridge in a fairly level landscape. This feature is not depicted on any map but it is visible on OSi images (2005-2012) and on Google Earth (23/09/2013). It was described in 1969 (SMR file) as a large, circular, raised and grass-covered area (diam. 63m NNW-SSE; 63m ENE-WSW) defined by a slight bank that is largely reduced to a scarp (Wth 5-6m; H 1-1.1m), with slight traces of a fosse across the ridge at NW and SE. The original entrance is not identified.
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 upload: 10 July 2007
Amended: 24 March 2023
References
SMR file - Sites and monuments record files in the National Monuments Service, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage.
OSAP - Ordnance Survey Aerial Photographs. Photographic collection. Ordnance Survey of Ireland. Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Barrow - embanked barrowunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.