Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - motte
Loughcrew, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Loughcrew
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Moat
- Latest-edition OS map
- Moat
- Coordinates
- 53.73376, -7.14674
- SMR number
- ME015-026----
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 at the S foot of Carnbane. This is a flat-topped, grass-covered earthen mound (diam. of top 16m; diam. of base 40m; H 5-6m) with in the gardens of Loughcrew House. A bailey may have existed to the SE, evident as a scarp approaching the motte from the SW, although it may represent landscaping.
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 upload: 10 July 2007
Nearby in the register
- Gateway (present location)under 1 mi
- Walled gardenunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- House - 17th centuryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.