Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - motte and bailey
Killadden, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killadden
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Moat
- Latest-edition OS map
- Moat
- Coordinates
- 53.85141, -6.69005
- SMR number
- ME006-008----
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 1636 "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Located on the summit of a hill. This is a circular grass-covered mound (diam. of top 9m; max. diam. of base 24m NW-SE; H 2.6-3m,) with damage on the summit and some trees. It is defined by a rounded fosse (at NW: Wth of top 10m; ext. D 0.5m). There are traces of a slightly raised and grass-covered crescent-shaped bailey (max. dims 34m NW-SE; 31m NE-SW; H 0.2-0.5m) extending off to the NW defined by slight traces of a bank (Wth of base 5.4m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.5m).
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 revision: 22 October 2018
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Hillfortunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.