Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - motte
Ballymacad, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballymacad
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.75730, -7.23240
- SMR number
- ME008-030----
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
Situated on a slight WNW-ESE esker ridge. Flat-topped grass and scrub-covered mound (diam. of top 15m NW-SE; diam. of base 30m NW-SE; H 5m at NW to 6m at SE) defined by a fosse, best preserved (Wth of base 5m; ext. D 1.7m) W-N. The ridge ESE of the motte, where a bailey may have been located, has been quarried and is now a grass-covered hollow.
The aobve 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.
Date of upload: 10 July 2007
Nearby in the register
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Castle - motte and baileyunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.