Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Harristown (moyfenrath Upper By.), County Meath, Ireland
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----
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 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Bridge1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.