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Ringfort - rath

Lynaghstown, County Meath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Lynaghstown, 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
Lynaghstown
County
Meath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Fort
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.44502, -6.57863
SMR number
ME050-005----

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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)
  • 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. C. Kon: Ireland. a. Prov: Leinster. Counties: 1-12 (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 slight S-facing slope. This was described in 1969 (SMR file) as a circular grass-covered area (diam. 58m NNW-SSE; 60m ENE-WSW) defined by the slight remains of an earthen bank (at SW: Wth of base 7m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 1.3m) largely reduced to a scarp (at NE: Wth 4m; H 0.7m) with an external fosse (at NE: Wth of top 8m; Wth of base 3m; ext. D 0.5m) that has largely melded into the interior. A second outer bank (Wth of base 5-5.5m; ext. H 1.3-1.8m) and fosse (Wth of top 5m; Wth of base 1m; ext. D 0.5-0.8m) survived NN-E, and the entrance may have been at E where the perimeter was badly eroded (max. ext. diam. 75m NE-SW). It remains unplanted at the N edge of a coniferous forest but the bank and fosse are overgrown where they survive SE-W-NNE (Google Earth 012/06/2020).

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: 26 October 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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