Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - motte and bailey
Rathcreevagh, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rathcreevagh
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.71553, -7.31889
- SMR number
- WM003-037----
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 1636 "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated on rise of ground on poorly drained marshy land overlooking River Glore immediately to N and E. Lickbla church (WM003-038----) and graveyard (WM003-038001-) 50m to W, watermill (WM003-103---) 415m to WNW, Lady Well (WM003-098----) 410m to S. Present remains consist of a high steep-sided flat-topped mound the base of which is enclosed by a deep wide fosse and large external earthen bank present from E-S-W-WNW. An elevated crescent shaped bailey area is present from NW-N-E. There are the remains of an external fosse and remains of a small outer bank in the SE sector. Possible entrance gap at WNW where the enclosing bank runs onto the crescent shaped bailey area.
See attached plan of motte and bailey surveyed and drawn by the Archaeological Survey of Ireland.
Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien
Date of upload: 18 August 2015
References
ASIAP - Archaeological Survey of Ireland Aerial Photographs (c. 1996 - c. 2010).
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
- Water mill - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.