Why this matters
A local castle; wider significance not recorded.
Overview
Castle — ringwork in Brees is recorded as Castle — ringwork in Mayo. In pasture, encompassing a low rise bordering a lowlying area of wet ground. To NE ground rises to a N–S ridge on which Brees Castle (MA091-010----) is prominently sited c. 300m to SE.
Who built and held it
The saved account records: This enigmatic earthwork may be a form of ringwork or earthwork castle, perhaps marking the site of an Anglo-Norman settlement prior to the construction of the masonry castle (MA091-010----) on the nearby hill to SE.
Attack, change and use
The saved account records: 26m NW–SE) which was used as a children’s burial ground (MA091-008003-).
What survives
The saved account records: c. 41.5m NW–SE) defined on the curving side SW–ENE by a scarp with an external fosse, and bordered on the straight side to SE by a field wall on a NE–SW axis.
Why it mattered
Castle — ringwork in Brees matters because the source ties castle — ringwork to this exact landscape and preserves evidence that a bare map name loses. The saved account adds: In pasture, encompassing a low rise bordering a lowlying area of wet ground.
History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.
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