Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - motte and bailey
Down (phillipstown Upper By.), County Offaly, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Down (phillipstown Upper By.)
- County
- Offaly
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Moat of Down
- Coordinates
- 53.20202, -7.31460
- SMR number
- OF026-031----
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 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Well preserved motte and bailey located on top of an esker ridge with good views in all directions, with early medieval church (OF026-022-----) nearby and small stream to the W. Flat topped steep sided conical shaped mound (H 7.5m; top diam 11.5m; base diam 46m) with enclosing fosse (Wth 4.6-8m; D 1m) at its base and raised rectangular shaped bailey (47m E-W; 39m N-S; H 1.5m) to the N which is enclosed by an earthen bank at N, E and W.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 23 May 2011
Nearby in the register
- Mill - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.