Moated site in Kilrathmurry

On a slight pasture rise drained to the S by a small, SW-flowing tributary of the River Boyne which flows N c. 90m to the W of the monument. A rectangular area (int. dims. L 40.7m N-S; Wth 26.5m E-W) with rounded corners, is defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2.2m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 1.2m) SE-SW, and elsewhere by a lower scarp, with a shallow outer fosse (Wth 5m) W-NE. Visible on a recent aerial photograph (OSi Orthophoto 2005). Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011