Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - motte and bailey
Glenboy, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Glenboy
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.77554, -7.19517
- SMR number
- ME008-013----
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 an esker ridge that extends off to the W and ESE. This is a subcircular or subrectangular flat-topped earthen mound (dims of top 24m NW-SE; 17m NE-SW; H 6.1m at SW to 7.5m at NE; dim. of base 45m NE-SW) planted in trees. It is defined by a fosse (Wth of top 8-12m; ext. D 2.2-3m), with an external bank (at NE: Wth 7m; ext. H 1.3m) N-S-WSW. There is a crescent-shaped, grass-covered bailey (dims c. 40m NE-SW; 27m NW-SE) defined by scrub-covered scarps (at NW: Wth 4m; H 1.5m), attached to the WNW of the motte.
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: 7 June 2016
Amended: 15 December 2022
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.