What is recorded here
Situated in gently undulating, rough pasture. Earthwork (WM031-013----) lies c. 150m to E. Depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map as a subrectangular-shaped feature. Depicted on the revised 1913 ed. OS 25-inch map as a substantial oval-shaped mound annotated ‘Ancient Castle (Supposed Site of)’. Monument is visible tody as a partially tree-covered earthwork on Digital Globe aerial photography, which may have an adjoining bailey.
Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien.
Date of upload: 12 November 2019
A local castle; wider significance not recorded.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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