Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - motte
Drumcondra, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Drumcondra
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Moat
- Latest-edition OS map
- Moat
- Coordinates
- 53.84890, -6.65701
- SMR number
- ME006-011----
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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
Situated on a low rise in a low-lying landscape c. 200m SW St Peter’s church and the medieval settlement of Drumcondra (ME006-012----). This is a circular, flat-topped mound (diam. of top 11m NE-SW; diam. of base 28m NE-SW; H 4.5-5.5m) with some trees defined by a slight fosse (Wth of top 3m at SW to 9m at NE: Wth of base 1.5m; ext. D 0.2m at SW to 1m at NE). There are slight traces of a possible bailey (dims 22m NE-SW; 26m SE-NW) to the NE defined by a slight scarp on the NW side.
Archaeological testing (03E0044) by R. O’Hara on a triangular site (c. 0.5 ha) just to the SW identified no related material (excavations.ie 2003:1385).
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 revised upload: 22 October 2018
Amended: 10 October 2025
Nearby in the register
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Fontunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.