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Castle - motte and bailey

Moat (Kells Upper By.), County Meath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 1st edition (1829–1842) covering the location of Castle - motte and bailey, Moat, County Meath, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 1st edition (1829–1842), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Moat (Kells Upper By.)
County
Meath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Moat
Latest-edition OS map
Moat
Coordinates
53.75674, -6.92840
SMR number
ME010-039----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1636 · Vltoniae Orientalis Pars (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Situated on a slight rise in a level landscape. The motte is a circular flat-topped and grass-covered earthen mound (diam. of top 5m NNE-SSW; diam. of base 28m NNE-SSW; H 4.5m at S to 4.7m at N) defined by fosse that can be distinguished from the mound (at NNE: Wth of top 9m; int. D 1.2m; ext. D 0.5m) SSW-N-E. A subrectangular or diamond-shaped and grass-covered bailey (dims 62m ENE-WSW; 25m NNW-SSE) defined by a fosse or scarp (at SSE: Wth 5m; H 0.5m) is attached E-SSW. There is an entrance (Wth 6.5m) to the bailey at the S corner.

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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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