What is recorded here
Situated overlooking the medieval church of Donard (WI021-005001-). Archbishop John Comyn of Dublin granted Donard to Jordan de Marisco before 1190 and this may be the site of a motte built by him (Price 1953, 189). Largely natural steep-sided mound (diam. c. 40m; H c. 4-8m) with a level, roughly circular summit (diam. 24m) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 1.7m; H 0.4-0.7m). There is an entrance (Wth 3m) and an access ramp at the NE, a possible fosse at the E (c. 4m below the summit), with a corresponding berm at the W. 119/1940).
Situated overlooking the medieval church of Donard (WI021-005001-). Archbishop John Comyn of Dublin granted Donard to Jordan de Marisco before 1190 and this may be the site of a motte built by him (Price 1953, 189). Largely natural steep-sided mound (diam. c. 40m; H c. 4-8m) with a level, roughly circular summit (diam. 24m) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 1.7m; H 0.4-0.7m). There is an entrance (Wth 3m) and an…
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WI021-006
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- Algirdas at Lithuanian Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
- Wanfried-Dublin, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Maker named on the Wikimedia Commons picture page · Public domain
- Colin Park, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Digital Eye, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Jonathan Billinger, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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- Dedublinfan, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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