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Ringfort - rath

Harristown (Moyfenrath Upper By.), County Meath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Harristown, 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
Harristown (Moyfenrath Upper By.)
County
Meath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Indicagted
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.40705, -7.09033
SMR number
ME046-016----

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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)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (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

Located on a local summit in a gently undulating landscape. A farmyard described as ‘Fort alias Dancing Green’ is depicted on a manuscript map (21 F 15 (15)) in the National Library of Ireland which is undated but probably early nineteenth century in date. A curved field bank is represented S-W-N on the 1836 edition of the OS 6-inch map and this is replaced by a laneway circumventing the area SE-W-N on the 1912 edition. This is a raised circular grass-covered area (diam. 51m E-W; 48m NNE-SSW) defined by a broad scarp (Wth 7m; H 1.2m) SW-NW and a field bank on top of the scarp (H c. 2m) N-SE but the perimeter is cut by a grass-covered quarry NW-N and a modern quarry (D c. 4m) SE-SW.

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: 12 August 2019

Nearby in the register

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

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