What is recorded here

Knockroe Castle stands as a steep-sided motte on a broad Carlow hill, its summit flattened and sides cut back to create a small platform overlooking the land. A faint semi-circular ditch marks the lost bailey below, visible only when crops grow unevenly across the field. The shape suggests a residence rather than a temporary camp, where someone watched the horizon and controlled the local landscape for generations.

National Monument No. 603. Modified, steep-sided mound (present H 4.5-5m, base diam. 23.7m, summit diam. 9.5m) on summit of broad flat-topped hill in commanding position. Summit of motte has been lowered and sides cut back 1m above base from N-E-SE to form slight platform. A possible bailey, visible as a cropmark on Google Earth (imagery date 14 July 2018) has been identified by Simon Dowling. This cropmark of a fosse (Wth c. 1.5m)forms a roughly semi-circular area S-SW-W of the motte. It is visible c. 75m to the W, c. 85m to the SW and c. 57m S of the motte. See attached: CW004-014----_01 Google Earth image (imagery date 14 July 2018) CW004-014----_01 Google Earth image (imagery date 14 July 2018) with bailey highlighted Compiled by: Anna Brindley, Annaba Kilfeather and Jean Farrelly Date of upload/revision: 25 February 2020 The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Carlow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.

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