What is recorded here
Located towards the top of an E-facing slope. This was recorded in 1968 (SMR file) as a circular flat-topped mound (diam. of base 15m NW-SE; diam. of top 7.5m NW-SE; H 1.5m at NW to 2.9m at SE). It is situated c. 25m to the E of church (ME003-009----). There is a possible bailey (dims 37m N-S; 12m E-W) E of the motte defined by scarps to the ESE and a ditch to the W. It appears to have been removed by 1999 (MapGenie images).
Located towards the top of an E-facing slope. This was recorded in 1968 (SMR file) as a circular flat-topped mound (diam. of base 15m NW-SE; diam. of top 7.5m NW-SE; H 1.5m at NW to 2.9m at SE). It is situated c. 25m to the E of church (ME003-009----). There is a possible bailey (dims 37m N-S; 12m E-W) E of the motte defined by scarps to the ESE and a ditch to the W. It appears to have been removed by 1999…
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record ME003-010
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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Photo credits
- Kieran Campbell, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Kieran Campbell, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0
- Sitomon, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Garry Dickinson, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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