Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - motte
Ballynacarrow (rathconrath By.), County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballynacarrow (rathconrath By.)
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.50114, -7.53403
- SMR number
- WM025-001----
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 a hillslope, in undulating pasture, sheltered by higher ground to NE, E and SE and with a commanding view along the valley to N, S and W. Monument described as a circular-shaped flat-topped earthen mound (approx. diam. 15m) defined by a steep inner scarp, an intervening berm and an outer scarp. The inner scarp is not steep from SW-W, where it has been defaced and a modern fence running NW-SE intersects the base of the mound. An intervening berm (Wth 10-12m) encloses the base of the mound from W-N-E and which is cut across the SE sector by a later bank and trench running ENE-WSW. There is a low, steep outer scarp from W-N-E which is traceable from SSE-S-SSW. The top of the mound has the remains of a rectangular structure (WM025-001001-). There is no obvious trace a bailey, although there is a semi-circular scarp in the field adjacent to SW.
See attached profile of monument surveyed by the ASI.
Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien.
Date of upload: 03 September 2019
Nearby in the register
- Buildingunder 1 mi
- Enclosure - large enclosureunder 1 mi
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.