While precise dating remains challenging for many of the castle's buildings, excavations revealed multiple floor levels in this particular structure, measuring roughly 10.5m by 9m. The earliest level featured a fine sand floor with gullies, ash spreads, a kiln and a water-retention pit, while later levels included cobbled surfaces and...
Forge, Roestown, Dunshaughlin, Co. Meath
Archaeological excavations at a property development in 2018-19 revealed fascinating evidence of early metalworking activity in what was once the northern annexe of an ancient settlement. The most notable discovery was Structure 18, interpreted as a possible forge. This structure featured a rectangular drip-gully measuring approximately 6.9m by 3.1m internally,...
Forge, Cookstown, Ratoath, Co. Meath
During excavations in 2004, three structures were discovered on the southern side of this pathway, which appears on Ordnance Survey maps dating back to 1836. The most notable structure was identified as a medieval forge, built using a frame construction with slot-trenches for sill-beams. This workshop featured a central area...
Lost Round Tower at Tullyard, Steeplestown, Co. Meath
This vanished round tower at Tullyard represents one of Ireland's most historically significant lost monuments, documented through linguistic evidence, local tradition, and a dramatic entry in medieval annals. The site demonstrates how place names and cultural memory can preserve evidence of round towers that have completely disappeared from the physical...
Round Tower at Duleek (Commons), Co. Meath
This remarkable site at Duleek represents one of Ireland's most unusual round tower survivals; a structure that has been completely integrated into a later medieval church tower, leaving only a distinctive concave hollow as evidence of its original circular form. The tower's extraordinary transformation provides unique insights into medieval architectural...