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Moat Hill

Castle, motte

What is recorded here

Large flat-topped mound (H at S c. 5.50m, W at top N-S c. 19m) which drops away steeply at S only, degraded at N and W. Appears to be a natural ridge adopted as a motte with a possible bailey (c. 30m E-W, c. 29m N-S) at W side. Site badly disturbed and no evidence of an enclosing ditch.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record OF004-006

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Photo credits
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Dylan Moore, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Sitomon, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Chhe ( talk ), Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
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