Moat in Glen, castle in County Longford

What is recorded here

On a gentle SE-facing slope in pasture. A circular, steep-sided mound of earth and stone (H c. 4-5m; diam. at base 28m; diam. at summit c. 11m). The summit is enclosed by a bank of earth and stone (Wth 4m; H 0.5m) from ESE-S-NW, while there is a depression (2.5m; D 0.3m) of unknown significance at NW. There is no evidence of an encircling fosse or of a bailey. O'Donovan Date of upload: 26 August 2011

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LF020-024

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.

What survives: Recorded monument

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Photo credits

National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Algirdas at Lithuanian Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
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