<< Our Photo Pages >> Rath Lugh - Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle in Ireland (Republic of) in Co. Meath
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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Rath LughCountry: Ireland (Republic of)
NOTE: This site is 1.63 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Co. Meath Type: Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle
Nearest Town: Navan Nearest Village: Lismullen
Map Ref: N939613
Latitude: 53.593339N Longitude: 6.582601W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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kith visited on 1st Sep 2007 - their rating: Cond: -1 Amb: 1 Site deliberately destroyed to built the M3 motorway. Many outlying sites lost too.
Andy B have visited here
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