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Castle - motte and bailey

Dunsoghly, County Dublin, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Castle - motte and bailey, Dunsoghly, County Dublin, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Dunsoghly
County
Dublin
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Connaberry Moat
Latest-edition OS map
Connaberry Moat
Coordinates
53.42574, -6.31996
SMR number
DU014-005003-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Situated on a natural rise southwest of Dunsoghly Castle (DU014-005001-). Marked on the 1837 OS map as Connaberry Moat. The site comprises a raised area, roughly oval in plan (80m NE-SW; 65m SE-NW; H 3m). Its flat top is occupied by a farm and tree cover. Traces of an outer bank are visible on an aerial photograph taken by Leo Swan. Not visible at ground level.

Compiled by: Geraldine Stout

Updated by: Christine Baker

Date of upload: 22 January 2015

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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