Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Killegland, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killegland
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.50786, -6.42098
- SMR number
- ME045-002----
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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
Situated on a rise in a gently undulating landscape, and now located just W of a N-S section of the N2 bypass of Ashbourne. The cropmark of a circular area (diam. c. 25m) defined by a single fosse is visible only on an oblique aerial photograph (CUCAP: BDP 031) from 1970 (Feeley 2001, 52, No. 46). A geophysical survey (02R0051) conducted by GBS Prospection in connection with the N2 bypass of Ashbourne confirms the presence of the enclosure ditch, with a possible entrance at S. Other features are indicated in the interior, including a smaller enclosure, and two small L-shaped features that could be souterrains. Other features (ME045-037----) were indicated in the surrounding area. (McGowan 2009, 4)
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: 13 December 2021
References
Feeley, E. 2001 A survey of archaeological remains OS sheet 45 – Co. Meath. Ríocht na Mídhe, vol. 12, 27-66.
McGowan, L. 2008 N2 Finglas-Ashbourne Road Scheme: Final Report on Archaeological Excavation of Site 23, Ballybin and Coodstown, County Meath. Licence: 03E1316. Unpublished report, CRDS
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