Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - motte and bailey
Moyrath, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Moyrath
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.57264, -6.93625
- SMR number
- ME035-003----
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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
Located at the N end of a low NNW-SSE ridge. This is a flat-topped and grass-covered mound (dims of top 11m N-S; c. 30m E-W; diam. of base c. 40m N-S; H 3m at N to 4m at S) with some bushes. It is defined by a wide fosse (at S: Wth of top 10m; ext. D 1.5m), but the N part of the mound had been quarried. There is a grass-covered rectangular bailey (dims 9m N-S; c. 40m E-W) attached ESE-SSW defined by a fosse (at S: Wth of top 7m; ext. D 0.7m) and an outer bank (Wth 4m; ext. H 0.3m) with some bushes at S. There is a causeway (Wth of top 2.3m) connecting the motte and bailey at SSE, and a causeway (Wth of top 2.5m) across the fosse to the bailey at SSE.
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: 21 July 2016
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Graveyard1 mi
- Church1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.