What is recorded here

Castle, motte in Summerhill Upper is a flat-topped, grass-covered mound on a NNW-SSE ridge, measuring 22m WNW-ESE at the top and rising 2m at W to 3.2-3.6m generally. It has traces of a fosse 3m wide and 0.5m deep on the NW-N side, with a causeway 5m wide and 0.5m high crossing the ridge at NNW. The shape suggests a defended place where people watched the land, kept goods safe, or marked authority long before written records.

Situated on a NNW-SSE ridge. This is a flat-topped, subcircular and grass-covered mound (dims of top 22m WNW-ESE; 18m ENE-WSW; dims of base 39m WNW-ESE; 37m ENE-WSW; H 2m at W to 3.2-3.6m generally), with traces of a fosse (Wth of top c. 3m; D 0.5m) NW-N and with a causeway (Wth c. 5m; H 0.5m) across the ridge at NNW. Archaeological testing (18E0672) by P. D. Sweetman c. 80m to the E produced no related material (excavations.ie 2018:611). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Meath' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1987). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Revised by: Michael Moore Date of revision: 26 October 2018 Amended: 5 February 2021, 15 December 2022

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