Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - motte
Ballinulty Lower, County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballinulty Lower
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.81894, -7.54787
- SMR number
- LF006-057----
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
Adjacent to the S shoreline of Lough Gowna. A steep-sided, rectangular mound of earth and stone (H c. 4-6m). The level summit (28.5m NE-SW; 17.5m NW-SE) is defined by a low bank of earth and stone (Wth 1.5-2m; H 0.2-0.5m). At the base of the mound on the NE, SE and SW sides is a wide, deep external fosse (Wth 6-8m; D 1.4-2.2m). The NW side of the mound was bounded by the waters of the lake before water levels were lowered in the 1960s. At the outer lip of the fosse on the SW side are the remains of a massive bank of earth and stone (Wth 6.5m; H 1.5m). (CUCAP, AJO 50)
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
References
CUCAP - Cambridge University Collection of Aerial Photographs. Unit for Landscape Modelling, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge. See:https://www.cambridgeairphotos.com
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.