Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - motte
Moatquarter (rathnaveoge Par.), County Tipperary North, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Moatquarter (rathnaveoge Par.)
- County
- Tipperary North
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Moat
- Coordinates
- 52.89241, -7.91571
- SMR number
- TN016-003----
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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 near S end of a roughly N-S ridge, overlooking a valley, in pasture. The land rises steadily E of the site, though the slope is still overlooked by a motte. A church (OF047-009----) and graveyard (OF047-009001-), rectangular enclosure (OF047-008----) and sunken ways are visible on the opposing ridge to the S-SW. The site consists of a steep-sided, flat-topped mound (max. diam. NE-SW 11m; 8.5m N-S; 9.6m E-W: H 9m) of classic pudding-bowl profile. Enclosed from E to S to NW by a fosse (Wth 1.6m; D 2m) which has been dug into the ridge. The enclosing bank (Wth 1.3m) on the SE side appears to be the remains of the original ridge and is actually a false bank or counterscarp. No bailey visible.
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: 6 September 2010
This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 4/2008).
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.