Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ardrums Great, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ardrums Great
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.44623, -6.75908
- SMR number
- ME048-013----
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
Situated on a slight rise in a fairly level landscape with a NW-SE canalised section of the Rye Water River c. 50m to the N. This is a raised circular grass-covered area (diam. 30m N-S; 29.8m WNW-ESE) defined by an earthen bank (Wth of base 8-10m; int. H 0.7-1m; ext. H 2-2.2m) and a rounded outer fosse (Wth of top 8.5-9m; Wth of base 1m; ext. D 0.6-1.1m). There are small breaks in the bank at ESE and WNW but the original entrance is not identified (max. ext. diam. 50m WNW-ESE). A modern house had been built just to the NW by 1995 (OSAP).
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
References
OSAP - Ordnance Survey Aerial Photographs. Photographic collection. Ordnance Survey of Ireland. Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Settlement deserted - medievalunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.