Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - motte
Lackenavorna, County Tipperary North, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lackenavorna
- County
- Tipperary North
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Moat of Latteragh
- Coordinates
- 52.80148, -8.05549
- SMR number
- TN027-105001-
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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 a hillock on the W bank of the Nenagh River, with a bridge across this river to the NE. The main Nenagh-Thurles road borders the site to the N. The 'old castle' of Latteragh is referred to in 1269 (PROI, RC 7/1, 481). In the early thirteenth century the 'Manor of Latteragh was granted by the bishop of Killaloe to de Marisco (Cunningham 1987, 147). The site is in a very defensive position in this river valley, protecting a routeway. Present remains consist of a heavily overgrown steep-sided flat-topped mound (diam. 34m N-S) enclosed by a fosse (Wth 3.5m) and outer bank which has been removed at S during road construction. The bank has also been levelled in the SE quadrant. At S and SW there is a lot of slippage and a number of pathways have been dug into the mound.
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
References
Cunningham, G. 1987 The Anglo-Norman advance into the south-east midlands of Ireland, 1185-1221. Roscrea. Parkmore Press.
Nearby in the register
- Settlement deserted - medievalunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.