Castle — motte in Ballymacad — Photo: Credit not shown in the picture search · Open the original picture · Rights wording not checked; contact us if this picture should be removed · Report the wrong picture · If this is your picture and you want it taken down, email me.

Know this place?

Add your own picture and explain the route, parking, gates, paths or landmarks that help people find it.

Earn 5 points after the picture is checked and accepted.

Add your photo and local directions Share what you found

What is recorded here

Situated on a slight WNW-ESE esker ridge. Flat-topped grass and scrub-covered mound (diam. of top 15m NW-SE; diam. of base 30m NW-SE; H 5m at NW to 6m at SE) defined by a fosse, best preserved (Wth of base 5m; ext. D 1.7m) W-N. The ridge ESE of the motte, where a bailey may have been located, has been quarried and is now a grass-covered hollow. The aobve 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. Date of upload: 10 July 2007

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.

Castle — motte in Ballymacad

What is recorded here