Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - motte and bailey
Coolronan, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Coolronan
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Moat
- Latest-edition OS map
- Moat
- Coordinates
- 53.55915, -6.97594
- SMR number
- ME035-006----
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
This is situated on a slight SE-facing slope. The mound is a circular flat-topped, grass and scrub-covered mound (diam. of top 13.3m N-S; 12.6m E-W; diam. of base 25.5m NW-SE; H 5.4m) defined by a fosse (Wth of top 7-11.5m; Wth of base 2.5-3m; ext. D 1m) that can be distinguished from the mound. The fosse is slightly truncated by a N-S lane at W. A grass-covered bailey (dims c. 31m NW-SE; c. 20m NE-SW) may have been attached to the E and SE where it is defined by a slight scarp (at SE: Wth 5m; H 0.8m).
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
Amended: 24 March 2023
Nearby in the register
- Enclosure - large enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.