Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - motte
Derrinydaly, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Derrinydaly
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.53051, -6.84591
- SMR number
- ME036-035002-
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated in the valley of the Boyne River, with a N-S section of the stream c. 80m to the E. The church (ME036-035001-) is situated on a flat-topped mound (diam. of top c. 18nm N-S; c. 14m E-W; diam. of base c. 25m; H 2 at W to 4-6m generally). The wall of the graveyard (ME036-035) generally surrounds the base of the mound.
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
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.