Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - motte
Williamstown (morgallion By.), County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Williamstown (morgallion By.)
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Moat
- Latest-edition OS map
- Moat
- Coordinates
- 53.77298, -6.73065
- SMR number
- ME012-025----
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 towards the bottom of a W-facing slope with the headwaters of a small S-N stream c. 150m to the W. This was described in 1968 (SMR file) as a raised, subcircular and grass-covered area with trees (dims of top 17m N-S; 15m E-W; dim of base 32m N-S; H 1.7m at N to 2.3m at S) defined by scarps with traces of a fosse (Wth of top 6m; ext. D 0.2m) at N. There was a fairly modern quarry in the defining scarp at N and another grass-covered rectangular one on the scarp at S. There was no visible entrance. It had been removed by 1986.
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 upload: 10 July 2007
Amended: 2 August 2022
References
SMR file - Sites and monuments record files in the National Monuments Service, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage.
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Exhibitionist figureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.