Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - motte
Mayne, County Louth, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Mayne
- County
- Louth
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Moat
- Latest-edition OS map
- Moat
- Coordinates
- 53.80112, -6.26626
- SMR number
- LH022-003----
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 1636 "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated on a very slight rise in gently undulating countryside immediately to the S of Mayne church (LH022-002----) and consisting of a small flat-topped mound (max. diam. at base 29m, at summit 11m, H c. 4m). The base of the motte at the N side has been cut away by a modern trackway and the E side has been interfered with by the building of a structure and its subsequent removal. Part of the mound has also been removed at the W side so that the only side which has not been interfered with is the S. There is no evidence for a bailey or enclosing fosse.
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
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.