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Ringfort - rath

Anneville Or Clonard Old, County Meath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Anneville Or Clonard Old, 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
Anneville Or Clonard Old
County
Meath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.45392, -7.01545
SMR number
ME047-003----

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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

Situated on a hillock in a level landscape with the canalised NW-SE Clonard stream c. 50m to the SW at the closest point. This is an oval grass-covered platform (dims of top 38m E-W; 21m N-S) defined by a scarp (Wth 5m; H 1.4m at E to 2.2m at W) with a berm (Wth 5m at E to c. 18m at W) at the base that is defined by a scarp (Wth 3m; H 0.8-1.1m) marking the bottom of the hillock. There is a wide entrance (Wth of base 4m) at SE. Rath (ME047-002----) is immediately to the W. Archaeological testing (04E1623) by S. Turrell c. 140m to the S on the other side of the river in Towlagh townland produced no related material (excavations.ie 2004:1358).

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: 13 August 2019
Amended: 14 July 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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