Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Gatehouse
Abbeyland (duleek By.), County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Abbeyland (duleek By.)
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.65314, -6.41768
- SMR number
- ME027-038014-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
About 25m SE of the church of St Michael (ME027-038011-) and situated on a SE-facing slope is a gatehouse (ext. dims 5.4m N-S; 5.7m E-W) that has a barrel-vaulted E-W passage (Wth 3.2m) narrowing at the E end. A mural stairs (Wth 0.6m) in the NW pier, which was entered by a lintelled doorway from the outside at W leads to the first floor over the vault, which has large openings on every wall except the N, and there is a fireplace at the SE angle. This gatehouse is attached to a fragment of a wall extending S from the SE angle, although this may be a support for the fireplace at the first floor. Just N of the gatehouse is the corner of a building (ME027-038015-) that is now destroyed.
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/revision: 27 November, 2014
Nearby in the register
- Buildingunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Religious house - Augustinian canonsunder 1 mi
- Cross - Wayside crossunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.