What is recorded here

Coolbunnia is a castle motte in County Waterford, Ireland, where a broad earthen mound still rises beside a tower house and Faithleg church. The dish at its top suggests a lost wooden structure rather than stone walls, while red brick once surfaced in the field called the village. People may have stood on that mound, watched the western slope, or built something temporary that decayed back into the earth.

Situated on level ground towards the top of a gentle W-facing slope. An earthen mound (diam. of base 25m WNW-ESE; 24m NNE-SSW; H 3m at SSW to 3.75m at NNE) is slightly dished at the summit (diam. of top 14.3m NNE-SSW; 13.8m WNW-ESE), but has no evidence of a fosse. A field to the N, known locally as 'the village', produced 'red brick' during land reclamation. A tower house site (WA010-005----) is adjacent to the E and Faithleg church (WA010-003001-) is c. 240m to N. It is planted with deciduous trees. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Waterford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 23 December 2008

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