Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - motte
Ballylusky (ardcrony Par.), County Tipperary North, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballylusky (ardcrony Par.)
- County
- Tipperary North
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Ballylusky Moat
- Coordinates
- 52.94466, -8.13868
- SMR number
- TN015-020----
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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
Located on an esker ridge, oriented roughly N-S, in otherwise flat/gently undulating terrain. The esker has been extensively quarried. An oval, flat-topped mound (diam 8.4m NE-SW; 16.2m NW-SE) utilising the esker and raised 2.1m above it - this is particularly evident on the N side. The E and W sides are very steep. Natural platform areas lie immediately N and S of the motte. These may have served as baileys though no enclosing element is visible. Quarrying, especially to the S, may have destroyed any evidence of an original enclosing feature.
The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Tipperary. Vol. 1 - North Tipperary' compiled by Jean Farrelly and Caimin O'Brien (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 22 September 2008
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Castle - hall-houseunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.