What is recorded here

Castle, motte and bailey in Loggan Lower is gone, quarried from a closed valley in County Wexford, though Kilcash church still overlookes the flat scar where its mound stood. It may have begun as a prehistoric inauguration site for the Uí Cinsealaigh before becoming a castle, meaning the same earth served worship, power and survival. The loss is not empty; it is a reminder that landscapes remember through absence as much as shape.

Situated on a rise on the floor of a closed valley with higher ground all around within 400m - 1.2 km, and overlooked by Kilcash church (WX002-001001-), c. 800m to the NNE. It is marked on the 1841 ed. of the OS 6-inch map as a mound (diam. of base c. 40m) with a subcircular enclosure (dims. c. 30m NW-SE; c. 20m NE-SW) just to the SW. It is described by Kinahan (1879-88, 154–5) and Westropp (1904, 321) as a motte and bailey, and Kinahan records a midden (WX002-052----) in the fosse of the motte at SW. Orpen (1907, 136; 1911, 270–71) regarded it as the inauguration site of the Uí Cinsealaigh, and it is very likely that it was used in this manner with a prehistoric mound at its core (FitzPatrick 2004, 91-2, 104). However, it may have been adapted later as a motte and bailey, which would be its final manifestation. It is not visible at ground level as it has been removed by quarrying. Standing stone (WX002-004003-) and the cist and pit burials (WX002-004002-) are at the same location. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wexford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1996). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload/revision: 27 January 2012

This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.