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The following description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Carlow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). Steep-sided mound (diam. c. 40m; H 9m) enclosed by deep wide fosse and outer bank at N and E (D of fosse below bank c. 4m; base Wth of fosse 3m). Rectangular bailey (dims. 24m x 46m) at NW, enclosed by low bank and external fosse (Wth c. 3m). Traces of wall foundations visible on summit of motte and on bailey. (Bradley 1989, 56-7)
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CW026-011012
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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- Sarah777, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Humphrey Bolton, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
- Smirkybec, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- A.-K. D., Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Donald Hobern from Copenhagen, Denmark, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
- Sarah777, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
- kevin higgins, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Humphrey Bolton, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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