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Ringfort - rath

Gaulstown (Deece Upper By.), County Meath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Gaulstown, 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
Gaulstown (Deece Upper By.)
County
Meath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Fort
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.46208, -6.59208
SMR number
ME044-026----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1799 · 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 NW-SE ridge. This is a raised subcircular and grass-covered area (dims 41m N-S; 36m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (at NW: Wth of base 5.5m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1.7mn) with a hedge SW-N-SE but is reduced to a scarp (at SE: Wth 3m; H 1.2m) elsewhere. It has an external fosse (at NW: Wth of top 5m; Wth of base 2.5m; ext. D 0.2m), beyond which are slight remains of outer bank (Wth of base 2m at NW to c. 6m at SE) and an outer fosse (at NW: Wth of base 3m; ext. D 0.8m at NW) the visible profiles of which have been almost completely removed but the features are visible as vegetation marks (max. ext. diam. 74m NW-SE). The original entrance may be at SSE.

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: 22 November 2021, 24 March 2023

Nearby in the register

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

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