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Moone Rath

Castle, ringwork

What is recorded here

Situated on a hill in well-drained pasture land. An approximately circular, raised area (diam. 37m) with a bank on the periphery, surrounded by a fosse with a low, external bank. The interior contains an 18th century burial (KD036001-). Mac Niocaill (Aois 1964, 247-9) states there was a castle at Moone by 1223 which functioned as the manorial centre of the settlement. (Bradley et al. 1986, vol. 3 327-8) Date of upload: 5 September 2016

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KD036-034001

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Gerd Eichmann, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Andreas F. Borchert, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Sciadopitys from UK, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • dougf, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Enna, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
  • Malene Thyssen, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
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