Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Moated site
Kilmainham (headford), County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilmainham (headford)
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.72030, -6.82969
- SMR number
- ME017-021----
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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 base of a low ridge on the S bank of a NW-SE section of the River Blackwater, with the stream c. 30m to the NE. This is a rectangular grass-covered area (dims 32m NW-SE; 28m NE-SW) defined by earthen banks (at SW: Wth of base 6.5m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 1m) and outer fosses or moats (at SW: Wth of top 6.5m; Wth of base 2.6m; ext. D 0.8m), with outer banks on the NE (Wth of base 5m; H 0.5m) and NW sides. An original entrance is not identified.
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: 12 April 2019
Amended: 3 March 2023
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.