Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - unclassified
Balreask (deece Lower By.), County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Balreask (deece Lower By.)
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Castle
- Latest-edition OS map
- Castle (Site of)
- Coordinates
- 53.57598, -6.68130
- SMR number
- ME031-030----
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 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
A roofless structure is depicted at Ballrisken on the Down Survey (1656-8) barony map of Deece (http://downsurvey.tcd.ie/). According to the Civil Survey (1654-6) Sir Edward Bolton owned 140 acres there in 1640 and on the premises was ‘a stone house’ (Simington 1940, 136). It is described as a ‘Castle’ on the 1836 and 1908 eds of the OS 6-inch map but with no precise location. This is a rectangular, grass-covered area (22m ENE-WSW, 14m NNW-SSE) defined by low banks (Wth c. 5m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.6m) with a fosse (Wth c. 5m) running past the N edge of the area.
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: 9 June 2016
References
Simington, R.C. (ed.) 1940 The Civil survey, AD 1654-1656. Vol. V: county of Meath. Dublin. Irish Manuscripts Commission.
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.