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Castle in Fancroft

Castle, motte

What is recorded here

Situated on flat poorly drained land beside small stream with church and graveyard (OF043-023001-/002-) to SSE. Present remains consist of a heavily overgrown flat-topped mound (H 5m; Top diam. 6m) defined by a scarp with a berm around its base and traces of an external waterlogged fosse. No evidence of a bailey. Base of motte is cut at N by a small stream running E-W (Cunningham 1987, 131).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record OF043-020

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