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Castle - motte and bailey

Tully (Granard By.), County Longford, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Castle - motte and bailey, Tully, 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
Tully (Granard By.)
County
Longford
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Castle
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.73898, -7.55859
SMR number
LF015-016001-

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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

On a prominent hill in pasture; within a demesne. A roughly circular steep-sided mound of earth and stone (c. 32m NNW-SSE; 28.5m ENE-WSW; H c. 3.5-5m) with a relatively flat summit (9m NNW-SE; 7.5m ENE-SW). A large cresentic-shaped bailey (50.5m NW-SE; 29m NE-SW), defined by a scarp (H c. 0.2-2m), is visible from NNW-N-SE and is steepest from N-NE-E where it was cut into the side of the hill. Elsewhere it is much more poorly defined. Mature sycamore and beech trees are growing on a wide berm (Wth c. 2.5m) that was cut into the motte at a height of between c. 1.5m and c. 2m above ground level. This development was probably undertaken in the 18th or early 19th centuries as part of the landscaping of the demesne. At the SE edge of the bailey a linear ditch (L c. 8m; Wth c. 2.5m; D 0.1-0.3m) is probably a relatively modern feature. An unclassified castle (LF015-016----) lies c. 30m to the N.

Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan

Date of upload: 28 March 2012

Nearby in the register

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

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