What is recorded here
A castle at Ballimackad (63) in Killeagh parish is not depicted on the Down Survey (1656-8) barony or parish maps (http://downsurvey.tcd.ie/) but according to the Civil Survey (1654-6) Christopher Plunkett owned 60 acres there together with the castle and bawn, and 30 cabins (Simington 1940, 272). The location is described as a castle and the site of a castle on the 1836 and 1908 eds of the OS 6-inch map, and is situated on a WNW-ESE esker ridge and c. 80m ESE of the motte (ME008-030----). The area has been quarried and some stone with mortar adhering is the only evidence of a structure.
A castle at Ballimackad (63) in Killeagh parish is not depicted on the Down Survey (1656-8) barony or parish maps (http://downsurvey.tcd.ie/) but according to the Civil Survey (1654-6) Christopher Plunkett owned 60 acres there together with the castle and bawn, and 30 cabins (Simington 1940, 272). The location is described as a castle and the site of a castle on the 1836 and 1908 eds of the OS 6-inch map, and is…
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record ME008-031
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- Kieran Campbell, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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- Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Sitomon, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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graveyard/cemetery862 yd
European Beech867 yd
mill (water)1109 yd
CastleCastle, motte and bailey · 1.8 mi
Mullaghmeen ForestPicnic place · 1.8 miMount FortuneMountain / peak · 2.5 mi
Ross CastleCastle, tower house · 3.7 mi
European Yew3.9 mi
LoughcrewMegalithic tomb cemetery · 4.3 mi
Hag's ChairArchaeological place · 4.9 mi
Slieve Na CalliaghMountain / peak · 5.0 miMore castles and forts in County Meath · All of County Meath
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