Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - unclassified
Moat, County Laois, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Moat
- County
- Laois
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Moat Castle in ruins
- Latest-edition OS map
- Moat Castle (Site of)
- Coordinates
- 52.88107, -7.27313
- SMR number
- LA030-021001-
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 in SW quadrant of motte and bailey (LA030-021002-) on 1908 edition of the OS 6-inch map. Reference to a castle here (O'Flanagan 1933, vol. 2, 271, 274). Situated at the end of a ridge. No visible surface remains.
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
References
O'Flanagan, Rev. M. (Compiler) 1933 Letters containing information relative to the antiquities of the Queen's County, collected during progress of the Ordnance Survey in 1838. Typescript in 2 vols. Bray.
Nearby in the register
- Castle - motte and baileyunder 1 mi
- Fordunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.