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Castle - motte

Ballinulty Lower, County Longford, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Castle - motte, Ballinulty Lower, County Longford, 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
Ballinulty Lower
County
Longford
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.81894, -7.54787
SMR number
LF006-057----

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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)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · 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

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

Nearby in the register

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

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