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
- 53.44566, -6.59271
- SMR number
- ME050-026----
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 level landscape. This is a subcircular grass and rush-covered area (dims 50m W-E; 44m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth c. 7m; int. H 0.12-0.3m) with some bushes often reduced to an external scarp (H 1-1.1m), with an outer fosse (Wth of top 4.5-8m; ext. D 0.5-0.9m). The entrance (Wth 2.5m) is at ESE where there is slight dip in the perimeter and traces of a causeway across the fosse.
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
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.