Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - motte and bailey
Knockroe (rathvilly By.), County Carlow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knockroe (rathvilly By.)
- County
- Carlow
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Rathvilly Moat
- Latest-edition OS map
- Rathvilly Moat
- Coordinates
- 52.88046, -6.67808
- SMR number
- CW004-014----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
National Monument No. 603. Modified, steep-sided mound (present H 4.5-5m, base diam. 23.7m, summit diam. 9.5m) on summit of broad flat-topped hill in commanding position. Summit of motte has been lowered and sides cut back 1m above base from N-E-SE to form slight platform. A possible bailey, visible as a cropmark on Google Earth (imagery date 14 July 2018) has been identified by Simon Dowling. This cropmark of a fosse (Wth c. 1.5m)forms a roughly semi-circular area S-SW-W of the motte. It is visible c. 75m to the W, c. 85m to the SW and c. 57m S of the motte.
See attached:
CW004-014----_01 Google Earth image (imagery date 14 July 2018)
CW004-014----_01 Google Earth image (imagery date 14 July 2018) with bailey highlighted
Compiled by: Anna Brindley, Annaba Kilfeather and Jean Farrelly
Date of upload/revision: 25 February 2020
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Carlow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Nearby in the register
- Ogham stoneunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.