What is recorded here
Located on a rise in the valley of the River Blackwater with a WSW-ENE section of the stream c. 20m to the S. The motte is a circular, grass and scrub-covered, flat-topped earthen mound (diam. of top 12m E-W; diam. of base 45m E-W; H 8.7m at E to 11m at W) defined by a fosse (at W: Wth 6m; ext. D 0.5m), largely removed by quarrying N-E-S, and with a counterscarp bank (at W: Wth c. 3m; ext. H 1.5m) S-W-N. There is a raised rectangular, grass and scrub-covered bailey (dims 44m N-S; 31m E-W) defined by scarps (at E: Wth 7m; H 3.5m) attached to the E.
Located on a rise in the valley of the River Blackwater with a WSW-ENE section of the stream c. 20m to the S. The motte is a circular, grass and scrub-covered, flat-topped earthen mound (diam. of top 12m E-W; diam. of base 45m E-W; H 8.7m at E to 11m at W) defined by a fosse (at W: Wth 6m; ext. D 0.5m), largely removed by quarrying N-E-S, and with a counterscarp bank (at W: Wth c. 3m; ext. H 1.5m) S-W-N. There is…
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record ME010-021
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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Photo credits
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Didier Descouens, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- RonanMcCormick, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Bob Embleton, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Bill Griffiths, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Haydn Hammerton, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Maker named on the Wikimedia Commons picture page · CC BY-SA 2.5
- Nigel Thompson, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Mark Duncan, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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