Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - motte
Tremblestown, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tremblestown
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.56290, -6.85348
- SMR number
- ME036-004----
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
Situated on a level landscape with the NW-SE Athboy River c. 150m to the SW. This is a circular, grass-covered mound (diam. of base 23m NW-SE; H 3.6-4.1m) with some trees, now much quarried. The church of Tremblestown (ME036-002----) is c. 200m to the WNE, and the tower house (ME036-003----) is adjacent c. 20m to the SW.
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.
Date of revision: 2 June 2016
Nearby in the register
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.