Danestown ring fort
The ring fort of Danestown ( Irish Baile an Dainigh ) is a Ráth of about 50.0 m in diameter in County Meath in Ireland . Danestown Ringwall is a national monument and is located about 700 m southeast of Kentstown in the townland Danestown on the south bank of the Nanny , a tributary of the Boyne .
The round, inner raised platform is over four meters high with a deep moat around it. The outer wall is over two meters high.
Nearby is Danestown Church ruins and the Ring Fort of Realtogue .
literature
- Peter Harbison : Guide to the National Monuments in the Republic of Ireland Gill and Macmillan, Dublin 1970 0-7171-0275-0 p. 181
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Coordinates: 53 ° 37'26.9 " N , 6 ° 31'23.8" W.