Castle in Skreen, County Meath

What is recorded here

Hugh de Lacy granted the barony of Skreen to Adam de Feipo by c. 1172, and Adam probably made Skreen its caput or centre (Otway-Ruthven 1964). It is situated on a S-facing slope of the hill c. 300m S of the Columban church (ME032-047003-). This is a flat-topped earthen mound (diam. of top 15m; diam. of base 40m; H 6m) planted with deciduous trees. The castle (ME032-047002-) is c. 80m to the NNE.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record ME032-047001

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What survives: Recorded monument

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Photo credits

Garry Dickinson, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Patrick Brown, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
Anthony Foster, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
Anthony Foster, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
Neil Forrester, Co.Meath, Ireland. http://neil.forrester.ie, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0
Verdasuno at English Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
William Murphy, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
Kieran Campbell, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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Malene Thyssen, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0