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Castle - motte

Ginnets Great, County Meath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Castle - motte, Ginnets Great, County Meath, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

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----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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)
  • 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. C. Kon: Ireland. a. Prov: Leinster. Counties: 1-12 (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 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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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