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At a glance
- TypeRingfort - rath
- Recorded sizediameter 35m WNW-ESE; 33m NNE-SSW
- StatusNational Monument
What to look for
- Bank and ditch
- Entrance gap
Picked out from the Archaeological Survey description below.
Can you visit?
- No source says it is open to the public.Most monuments in Ireland stand on private farmland.
- Ask the landowner before crossing fields, close gates, leave the stones as you find them.Visiting responsibly
History and description
Situated on a low rise in a fairly level landscape, with a small canalised NW-SE stream c. 100m to the SW. This is a circular grass-covered area (diam. 35m WNW-ESE; 33m NNE-SSW) defined by the lip of an earthen bank largely reduced to an external scarp (at NE: Wth 1m; H 2.4m), which is separated by a fosse (at SW: Wth of top 9m; int. D 2.6m; ext. D 0.5m) from an outer bank (at SW: Wth of base 8m; ext. H 1.3m) SSE-W-NNW.
Full archaeological record 102 words
Situated on a low rise in a fairly level landscape, with a small canalised NW-SE stream c. 100m to the SW. This is a circular grass-covered area (diam. 35m WNW-ESE; 33m NNE-SSW) defined by the lip of an earthen bank largely reduced to an external scarp (at NE: Wth 1m; H 2.4m), which is separated by a fosse (at SW: Wth of top 9m; int. D 2.6m; ext. D 0.5m) from an outer bank (at SW: Wth of base 8m; ext. H 1.3m) SSE-W-NNW. The original entrance is not identified, and there are some bushes on the inner scarp and outer bank.
Archaeological Survey of Ireland, National Monuments Service (CC BY 4.0) · Compiled by Michael Moore · Updated 9 April 2019 · Based on the Archaeological Inventory of County Meath. It describes the site as it was when surveyed.
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