Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - motte and bailey
Glebe (corkaree By., Taghmon Ed), County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Glebe (corkaree By., Taghmon Ed)
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.59899, -7.26175
- SMR number
- WM012-079----
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 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated on the summit of a high undulating ridge in grassland, with excellent views in all directions. Taghmon Church (WM012-076---), graveyard (WM012-076001-) and castle (WM012-074-----) 315m and 480m to NW respectively. Ringforts (WM012-078----/ WM012-075----) 160m and 215m to N respectively, ringfort (WM012-077----) 130m to SW.
Impressive remains of a circular flat-topped mound (top diam. 12m E-W; bottom diam. 20m E-W) of earth and stone the base of which is enclosed by a deep fosse. The top of the motte slopes slightly to the NW. A crescentic bailey (approx. diam. 36m NW-SE; 16m NE-SW) at NNE is enclosed by two earthen banks with an intervening fosse, which also curves to enclose the motte. The interior of the bailey slopes slightly to SSE. The outline and shape of the monument is clearly visible on aerial photographs taken 1970 (CUCAP BDV079/080).
See attached plan of monument surveyed and drawn by the ASI.
Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 15 February 2018
References
CUCAP - Cambridge University Collection of Aerial Photographs. Unit for Landscape Modelling, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge. See:https://www.cambridgeairphotos.com
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.