What is recorded here

Moat is a flat-topped Anglo-Norman mound at Sainthelens, County Dublin, where a curved ditch and faint berm still mark the northern defence while the southern ground hides the lost bailey. It may have been a small lordly residence, a watchful kitchen, a troop post or a boundary marker imposed across an ordinary Irish landscape. The earth has kept its shape beside a stream, but human life has withdrawn from it, leaving only the possibility of lamps, orders, fear and daily noise beneath the grass.

Comprises a round -topped mound beside a stream in a low-lying location on the grounds of Cadbury's factory. The top has been planted with trees (diam. 19.20m, H 4.80m). (Morris 1939, 189; Dillon Cosgrave 1977, 110). Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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