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Located on a rise in the valley of the River Blackwater with a WSW-ENE section of the stream c. 20m to the S. The motte is a circular, grass and scrub-covered, flat-topped earthen mound (diam. of top 12m E-W; diam. of base 45m E-W; H 8.7m at E to 11m at W) defined by a fosse (at W: Wth 6m; ext. D 0.5m), largely removed by quarrying N-E-S, and with a counterscarp bank (at W: Wth c. 3m; ext. H 1.5m) S-W-N. There is a raised rectangular, grass and scrub-covered bailey (dims 44m N-S; 31m E-W) defined by scarps (at E: Wth 7m; H 3.5m) attached to the E. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Meath' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1987).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record ME010-021

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Didier Descouens, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • RonanMcCormick, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Computer-made picture. It does not show this playground.
  • Bob Embleton, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Bill Griffiths, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Maker named on the Wikimedia Commons picture page · CC BY-SA 2.5
  • Nigel Thompson, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Mark Duncan, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
O'Daly's BridgeBridge · 976 yd

Explorer Tom Built in 1762 over the Blackwater River, O'Daly's Bridge is a six-arch rubble stone structure with an ashlar plaque marking its date.

bridge1109 yd

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Children's playground2.7 miComputer-made picture. It does not show this playground.

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Peoples Park PlaygroundChildren's playground · 4.4 miComputer-made picture. It does not show this playground.

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Slieve Na CalliaghMountain / peak · 4.8 mi

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Sessile Oak5.2 mi

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Kells Round TowerMemorial · 5.5 mi

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Kells High Crosses and Round TowerMemorial · 5.5 mi

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