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Castle - motte and bailey

Rathcreevagh, County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Castle - motte and bailey, Rathcreevagh, County Westmeath, 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
Rathcreevagh
County
Westmeath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.71553, -7.31889
SMR number
WM003-037----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1636 · Vltoniae Orientalis Pars (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1790 · Composite: 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 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

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

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