Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - motte and bailey
Mapastown, County Louth, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Mapastown
- County
- Louth
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Moat
- Latest-edition OS map
- Carn
- Coordinates
- 53.89839, -6.50068
- SMR number
- LH014-022001-
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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 at the S side of the River Glyde not far N of Mapastown church (LH014-023001-) and consisting of an almost circular, flat-topped mound (diam. at base c. 22m; at summit c. 5.5m, H 4-6m) with traces of a possible crescentic bailey (c. 26m E-W) defined by slight scarping at the W and N. There are possible slight remains of a fosse between the mound and the possible bailey. At the SE side of the summit of the mound there are traces of a stone structure (LH014-022002-), possibly a later fortification built by a regiment in the army of William III under the command of Colonel Bellingham when he held Mapastown bridge. (Dolan 1905, 50; Davies 1943, 207)
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 upload: 17 July 2007
References
Dolan, J. T. (ed.) 1905 Colonel Thomas Bellingham's Diary. County Louth Archaeological and Historical Society Journal, vol. 1, 2, 45-60.
Davies, O. 1943 Old Churches in County Louth (Continued). County Louth Archaeological and Historical Journal 10 (3), 200-212.
Nearby in the register
- Buildingunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.