What is recorded here

Ford in Threecastles,threecastles Demesne is a fording point over the River Nore, a little to the north of Three Castles Bridge in County Kilkenny, Ireland. Water, not stone, marked the crossing; people waded through living current while the land waited on both banks. The nearby motte on the ridge to the south may have watched that same choke point, turning a ordinary crossing into a place of power.

There was a fording point over the River Nore, according to Carrigan (1905, vol. 2, 55) it was, 'a little to the north of Three Castles Bridge'. The presence of a fording point would have made this a strategic location for the motte (KK014-025005-) which is located on the prominent ridge immediately S of the river, c. 200m SE of the ford. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 20 May 2020

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