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Old Ross Mote

Castle, motte and bailey

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Situated just off the E edge of a plateau and on the W side of a small N-S valley with a stream c. 20m to the E. The castle of Old Ross is first mentioned in 1233 (Hore 1900-11, vol. 1, 2) and repairs to the palisade were carried out in 1281 (ibid. 15). The motte is a flat topped earthen mound (diam. of top 8-9m;…

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Situated just off the E edge of a plateau and on the W side of a small N-S valley with a stream c. 20m to the E. The castle of Old Ross is first mentioned in 1233 (Hore 1900-11, vol. 1, 2) and repairs to the palisade were carried out in 1281 (ibid. 15). The motte is a flat topped earthen mound (diam. of top 8-9m; diam. of base 35m E-W; H 5.8m at W to 7.7m at E) with some mature deciduous trees and scrub. It has no clearly visible fosse, but soil removal and slippage in the 1970s showed construction layers within the core of the mound (Culleton and Colfer 1974-5). A bailey may have existed to the S (dims. c. 50m N-S; c. 30m E-W) and an enclosure (diam. c. 30m) described as the ‘Site of Castle’ is marked on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map in this location. The church site (WX030-053001-) is c. 450m to the SE.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WX030-052001

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