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Moated site

Demailestown, County Meath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Moated site, Demailestown, 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
Demailestown
County
Meath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Demailestown Fort
Latest-edition OS map
Demailestown Fort
Coordinates
53.72210, -6.69510
SMR number
ME018-019----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1636 · Vltoniae Orientalis Pars (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1799 · 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

Located on top of a short WNW-ESE ridge (L c. 450m). This is a rectangular grass-covered area (dims 41m WNW-ESE; 31.5m NNE-SSW) defined by earthen banks (at SW: Wth of base 11m; int. H 1m; ext. H 0.8m; at NE: Wth of base 5m; int. H 1m; ext. H 1.5m) which can be distinguished from wide outer moats (at SW: Wth of top 7.5m; Wth of base 4m; int. D 1.3m; ext. D 0.9m; at NE: Wth of top 5.5m; int. D 0.8m; ext. D 1m) on each side, with field banks outside the moats at S and W. There is no internal bank on the W side and there is an entrance gap and traces of a causeway towards the S end of the E side. Old grass-covered trenches and spoil mounds are inside the banks at E and S.

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
Revised: 24 March 2023

Nearby in the register

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

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