Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Moated site
Barratogher, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Barratogher
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Castlekid
- Latest-edition OS map
- Castlekid, hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.66419, -7.49663
- SMR number
- WM006-019----
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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)
- 1811 · 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 a low rise 60m S of the River Riffey in poorly drained land with extensive views to the E & W. Depicted as ‘Castlekid’ on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map. Church (WM006-062----) and graveyard (WM006-062001-) 600m to SW. Motte (WM006-015----) 650m to W. A rectangular raised area (dims. 23m NE-SW; 17m NW-SE) with rounded corners enclosed by a well preserved earthen bank, shallow fosse, second earthen bank and fosse with a third earthen bank and external fosse beyond this. The outer banks and fosses are absent at S. Causewayed entrance gap at NE. Outside this fosse to the NE is a sub-rectangular raised area or possible bailey/annexe (dims. 37m NE-SW; 22m NW-SE) with traces of a poorly preserved earthen bank at SW, and a shallow external fosse. The interior slopes from S-N with traces of cultivation ridges running NE-SW. A possible field system or drainage ditches to N and E of this site visible on Digital Globe aerial photograph taken November 2011.
Compiled by: Frank Coyne & Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 26 January 2017
Nearby in the register
- Water mill - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.