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Located on a slight rise in a low-lying landscape close to the original N shore of Wexford Harbour which is c. 240-360m to the E and S. This is an overgrown and flat-topped earthen mound (diam. of base 27m; diam. of top 13m; H 5m) defined by a flat-bottomed fosse (Wth 3-4m; D c. 0.5m). Around 1220-30 the Roches of Fernegenel sub-infeudated Ardcolm parish to the Sinotts and this motte may have become their caput (Brooks 1950, 147-8; Colfer 2002, 105).
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wexford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1996). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload/revision: 18 January 2013
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