Gravelstown Castle — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

Waste castle at Gravelstown in 1640, owned by the baron of Howth beside 350 acres in Emlogh parish. By 1908 only a ten-metre shell remained, and now a featureless portion of the NE wall is all that is left. Whatever life moved through it has thinned to gravel, rain and silence.

A castle at Crauelstowne (90) in Emlogh parish and Kells barony is depicted on the Down Survey (1656-8) barony and parish maps (http://downsurvey.tcd.ie/). According to the Civil Survey (1654-6) the baron of Howth owned 350 acres there in 1640 and ‘a waste castle’ was on the property (Simington 1940, 298). The castle is depicted as one structure in a farm complex on the 1836 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and as a shell (dims c. 10m NE-SW; c. 5m NE-SW) with a projection at the E end of the NW wall on the 1908 ed. Only a featureless portion of the NE wall of this building remains. 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. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload/revision: 8 June 2016

Gravelstown Castle was held by the baron of Howth in the mid-17th century, as recorded in the Civil Survey of 1654-6. It is remembered as part of the historical estate holdings of the influential Howth family in the region.

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