Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - motte
Robertstown (kells Lower By.), County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Robertstown (kells Lower By.)
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Moat
- Latest-edition OS map
- Robertstown Moat
- Coordinates
- 53.80271, -6.81120
- SMR number
- ME011-004----
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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 NE-facing slope. This is a circular, flat-topped and grass-covered mound of earth (diam. of top 13m N-S; diam. of base 36m N-S; H 4.2m at N to 7m at S). There is no visible bailey but there could be a wide, shallow fosse around the base.
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.
Date of revised upload: 9 April 20189
Nearby in the register
- House - fortified houseunder 1 mi
- Bawnunder 1 mi
- Cross - Churchyard crossunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.