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The Liss

Castle, motte

What is recorded here

Situated in low-lying ground, the site consisted of a mound similar to Castleguard Motte (Dawson's Demesne, LH017-012001-) according to Tempest (1952b, part III, 147) who said that it was levelled about one hundered years before he remarked on it. It is also referred to in the OS Letters as being a small fort called 'the Liss' about a quarter of a mile NE of Ardee (Anon. 1922, 137).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LH014-044

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  • Golfing in Ireland; photographer not stated, Source publisher
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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