Platform in Balrath, County Meath

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What is recorded here

Located on a prominent rise at the bottom of the S-facing slope of Patrickstown Hill. It is not depicted on any OS 6-inch map but is visible on aerial photographs (GSIAP: N 307 / 657). This is a raised rectangular and grass-covered area (dims 31-33m N-S; 29-33m E-W) defined by scarps (H 0.6m at E to 1.3m at N and 2.4m at SW). There is an entrance ramp (Wth 6m) at the centre of the S side. There is no evidence of a fosse or moat, but there are numerous old grass-covered quarries in the vicinity.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record ME015-015

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Bob Embleton, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
Maker not stated on source page, www.abdn.ac.uk
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Bill Griffiths, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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Haydn Hammerton, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
James Fergusson, after E. Conwell, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
Kieran Campbell, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
John M, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Maker not stated on source page, www.irishmirror.ie
Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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