Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - motte
Rathbeggan, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rathbeggan
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.46324, -6.49508
- SMR number
- ME044-029----
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 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated in a fairly level landscape just W of Rathbeggan House. This is an oval flat-topped mound (dim. of base 25m NW-SE; dims of top 14m N-S; 11m E-W; H 2.6-3.5m) covered in trees, and with traces of a wide fosse (Wth of top 13m; Wth of base 3m; ext. D 0.2m) at ESE. The parish church of Rathbegan (ME044-030----) is c. 100m to the ESE.
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 upload: 10 July 2007
Amended: 22 November 2021
Nearby in the register
- Fontunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.