Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - motte
Stephenstown, County Louth, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Stephenstown
- County
- Louth
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.95955, -6.47295
- SMR number
- LH011-052----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated on a slight rise close to the N bank of the River Fane in Stephenstown demesne not far from the tower house of the same name (LH011-051----). It consists of an almost circular low flat-topped mound (summit max. diam. 12m E-W, 11.5m N-S, H at S c. 3.5m, at N c. 2m). It has been disturbed at the NE side by the removal of large trees. The mound is quite low for a motte but its flat top would seem to preclude it from being any other type of monument. Its proximity to the tower house might be a telling factor in favour of it being a motte, indicating continuity of settlement. It was removed between 1966 and 1995 (OSI images).
The above description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of revision: 28 April 2016
Nearby in the register
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Cistunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.