Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - motte
Fancroft, County Offaly, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Fancroft
- County
- Offaly
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.98794, -7.80006
- SMR number
- OF043-020----
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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
Situated on flat poorly drained land beside small stream with church and graveyard (OF043-023001-/002-) to SSE. Present remains consist of a heavily overgrown flat-topped mound (H 5m; Top diam. 6m) defined by a scarp with a berm around its base and traces of an external waterlogged fosse. No evidence of a bailey. Base of motte is cut at N by a small stream running E-W (Cunningham 1987, 131).
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
References
Cunningham, G. 1987 The Anglo-Norman advance into the south-east midlands of Ireland, 1185-1221. Roscrea. Parkmore Press.
Nearby in the register
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
- Barrow - mound barrowunder 1 mi
- Barrow - mound barrowunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.