Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Blackhall Big, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Blackhall Big
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.44332, -6.56720
- SMR number
- ME050-006----
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 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated on a level landscape. This is described in 1969 (SMR file) as a subcircular area (dims 47.5m E-W; 38m NW-SE) defined by a slight earthen bank (Wth of base 5-7.5m; int. H 0.2-0.3m; ext. H 1m at S to 2.4m at NW), with an external round-bottomed fosse (at NNW: Wth of top 8m; ext. D 0.8m) recut as a flat-bottomed drain (at SSE: Wth of top 5.5m; Wth of base 1.5m; ext. D 2.2m) E-S-NW. The entrance is a slight gap in the bank (Wth 2.6m) at NE, but there is no causeway.
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
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.