What is recorded here

Castle, motte and bailey in Glebe (corkaree By., Taghmon Ed) stands on a high ridge in County Westmeath, its circular earth mound and crescent-shaped bailey still visible through grass. The deep fosse around the motte and double banks enclosing the bailey show where people built to watch, defend and belong. Taghmon Church and older ringforts sit nearby, suggesting this was a lived-in landscape of faith, farming and power rather than a forgotten shape.

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

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