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Castle - motte

Lackenavorna, County Tipperary North, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Castle - motte, Lackenavorna, County Tipperary North, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

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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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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