Mount, castle in County Louth

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What is recorded here

Situated on a small ridge and consisting of a small flat-topped mound (H 4.4-5.2m, max. diam. at base 28m; at summit 9.5m) with a fosse-like depression running NE from it to the scarped edge of the ridge. There are the remains of a degraded bailey (22.8m E-W, 49m N-S, H 0.5m at W, 2m at S) at S. which is defined by a deep scarp at the E and S sides and by a shallow fosse (Wth c. 3m, D c. 0.5m) at the W. The top of the motte is irregular, being partly destroyed at the E side. The motte is situated c. 210m S of Haynestown Castle (LH012-022----) and St Paul's Church.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LH012-025

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