What is recorded here

Indicated, Fancroft is a castle motte in County Offaly, Ireland. It still stands as a flat-topped mound five metres high and six metres across, surrounded by a berm and traces of a waterlogged ditch. A small stream cuts its northern base, while a church and graveyard lie southeast on the same damp flat land. The mound is heavily overgrown, but its shape remains clear enough to show where a tower or hall once rose above the marsh.

Situated on flat poorly drained land beside small stream with church and graveyard (OF043-023001-/002-) to SSE. Present remains consist of a heavily overgrown flat-topped mound (H 5m; Top diam. 6m) defined by a scarp with a berm around its base and traces of an external waterlogged fosse. No evidence of a bailey. Base of motte is cut at N by a small stream running E-W (Cunningham 1987, 131). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 May 2011

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