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A tall, steep-sided, flat-topped, earthen mound (H. c. 12m; base diam. 37m; summit diam. 12.5m). The summit is enclosed by a low bank, and the base is girdled by a broad fosse (Wth.6.5m), and an external earthen bank is visible SW-N-NE. The site was the nucleus of the original Manor of Cloncurry, granted to Adam de Hereford before 1176. It was described in an extent of 1304 as, 'a moat on which is situated a one roomed building with a wooden roof, which is not vaulted as no one is interested to rent' (O'Loan 1961, 2). The motte was erected close to the highest point of a ridge and down slope from the church (KD004-021005-). (Bradley et al. 1986 vol. 2, 158-60)
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 10 June 2011
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