Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - motte
Ginnets Great, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ginnets Great
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Ginnets Moat
- Latest-edition OS map
- Ginnets Moat
- Coordinates
- 53.52015, -6.73410
- SMR number
- ME037-020----
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 NE-SW section of an esker ridge with wide views all around. This is a subcircular, grass-covered mound with a slightly rounded top (dims of top 19m E-W; 13m N-S; dims of base 36m N-S; 28m E-W; H 2.3m at NE and 3.7m SW across the ridge to 5.5m at SE and 8m at NW). It is defined by a fosse (Wth of top 9m; int. D 2.1m; ext. D 0.5m) across ridge ENE-SSE where it can be distinguished from the mound and it is bordered by a relict NW-SE field bank (Wth 2.5m; H 0.3-0.7m) SW-W.
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: 2 June 2016
Amended: 24 March 2023
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 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.