What is recorded here

Castle, motte in Moat stands in County Cavan, Ireland, where a steep-sided mound rises three to four metres above a broken fosse. Its flat top spans nearly twenty metres, large enough for a hall, a guard room and a dozen people moving at dawn. The southeast depression remains unexplained, perhaps a cistern, perhaps a marker forgotten by time. What is certain is scale: the mound was built to be seen, entered and defended.

Circular mound (diam. of base c. 28m) enclosed by a fosse. Mound is high (H 3-4m), steep-sided and flat-topped (diam. of summit 19.7m N-S). Fosse is best preserved from N-E-SE. Original entrance not recognisable. On the summit at SE there is an approximately circular round-bottomed depression (diam. 6.2m; D 0.3m) of unknown significance. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1995). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 December 2008

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