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Castle - unclassified

Gortloney, County Meath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Castle - unclassified, Gortloney, County Meath, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Gortloney
County
Meath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Green Castle
Latest-edition OS map
Green Castle (in Ruins)
Coordinates
53.71126, -7.15460
SMR number
ME015-068----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · 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

A castle at Garclonne (41b) in Moylagh parish is not depicted on the Down Survey (1656-8) barony map of Fore but is on the parish map (http://downsurvey.tcd.ie/). According to the Civil Survey (1654-6) Richard Plunkett of Loughcrew owned almost 120 acres there in 1640 including ‘one castle in indifferent good repair’ and seven cabins (Simington 1940, 266). It is depicted amongst a cluster of buildings on the 1836 ed. of the OS 6-inch map where it is described in gothic lettering as Green Castle. It is depicted as a shell (dims c. 8m N-S; c. 5m E-W) on the OS 25-inch map. Situated in a gently undulating landscape, there are no visible remains, and it is now occupied by a modern house. Archaeological testing (99E0732) by M. Byrne at the location ahead of the construction of the house produced no archaeological material (Byrne 1999; excavations.ie 1999:688).

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 revisions: 9 June 2016, 03 November 2025

References

Simington, R.C. (ed.) 1940 The Civil Survey, AD 1654-1656. Vol. V: County of Meath. Dublin. Irish Manuscripts Commission.

Byrne, M. 1999 Gortloney, Oldcastle, Co. Meath. Archaeological Assessment Report. Licence no. 99E0732. Unpublished report. Byrne, Mullins & Associates Archaeological consultants.

Nearby in the register

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

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