Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Kilclone, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilclone
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.43629, -6.59683
- SMR number
- ME050-012----
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 rise in a fairly level landscape. A large embanked circular enclosure is depicted on the 1836 (ext. diam. c. 85m NW-SE; c. 75m NE-SW) and 1908 (ext. diam. c. 80-85m) editions of the OS 6-inch map, with a NW-SE road circumventing it on the SW side SE-W on both editions. It was described in 1969 (SMR file) as a circular area (int. diam. 68m ENE-WSW; 66m NW-SE) defined by the remains of a fosse (Wth of top 7.5m; int. D 0.8m at NW to 2.2m at SE; ext. D 0.9m at NW to 2m at SE) and circumvented by the road SE-WNW. There was no identifiable entrance.
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: 29 October 2021, 24 March 2023
References
SMR file - Sites and monuments record files in the National Monuments Service, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage.
Nearby in the register
- Barrow - stepped barrowunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.