What is recorded here
On top of a ridge, in undulating pasture. A circular conical mound (H c. 6m) with a flat top (diam. 29m), enclosed by a fosse (Wth 8m) with an external earthen bank (Wth 3.5m; int. H 1.8m; ext. H 2m). The entrance (Wth 3.5m) is at S where there is a ramp up to the side of the mound. There is an oval hollow (L c. 5m) in the E half of the top of the mound. Knox (1911, 222-3) considered the site had 'the appearance of a high Norman mote', and it is listed as a motte by Glasscock (1975, 109). This may be the site of the castle of Ath-na-Gail, erected in 1265 by MacWilliam Burke and demolished in 1270 by Aedh O Connor (Graham 1988, 121).
On top of a ridge, in undulating pasture. A circular conical mound (H c. 6m) with a flat top (diam. 29m), enclosed by a fosse (Wth 8m) with an external earthen bank (Wth 3.5m; int. H 1.8m; ext. H 2m). The entrance (Wth 3.5m) is at S where there is a ramp up to the side of the mound. There is an oval hollow (L c. 5m) in the E half of the top of the mound. Knox (1911, 222-3) considered the site had 'the appearance…
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record SL033-087001
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