Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - motte
Corrstown, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Corrstown
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Freedagh Moat
- Latest-edition OS map
- Freedagh Moat (site of)
- Coordinates
- 53.46204, -6.31580
- SMR number
- DU011-020----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
Part of this earthwork has been incorporated into a field boundary extending NW-SE (dims. 10.8m E-W; 4m N-S; H 0.2m). Located on steep east-facing ground at the highest point of a ridge (Healy 1975, 23). North of field boundary is a slight curve at high point. No sign of a ditch or bailey. Well established tree line.
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout
Updated by: Christine Baker
Date of upload: 03 January 2015
References
Healy, P. 1975b Third report on monuments and sites of archaeological interest in county Dublin. An Foras Forbartha, Dublin.
Healy, P. 1975a Second report on monuments and sites of archaeological interest in county Dublin. An Foras Forbartha Teoranta.
Nearby in the register
- House - 16th/17th centuryunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.