Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - motte and bailey
Cooltedery, County Laois, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cooltedery
- County
- Laois
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.15788, -7.17300
- SMR number
- LA005-004----
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
Marked on the 1841 edition of the OS 6-inch map as a subcircular enclosure (diam. c. 40m NW-SE) enclosing two smaller enclosures at NW and SE; posibly a double motte and bailey. No surface remains.
Area adjacent to motte was archaeologically tested bv Martin Byrne in 2003 under licence no. 03E1413
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Laois' (Dublin Stationery Office, 1995) compiled by P. David Sweetman, Olive Alcock and Bernie Moran. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 17 December 2007
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Bridgeunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.