Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - Anglo-Norman masonry castle
Moyaliff, County Tipperary North, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Moyaliff
- County
- Tipperary North
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Moat, Moyaliff Cas. (in ruins)
- Latest-edition OS map
- Moat, Moyaliff Castle (in Ruins)
- Coordinates
- 52.65137, -7.93780
- SMR number
- TN046-006002-
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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 in a low-lying river valley with the Clodiagh River running N-S c.100m to the W and a church (TN046-006001-) 400m to the N. Described in the fourteenth century as consisting of a 'stone tower roofed with shingles' (Cal. inq. post mortem, no. 184). The manor of Moyaliff which was controlled by James le Botiller, Earl of Ormond, was described in 1338 as consisting of 'no edifices except a stone tower covered with shingles. Of no value because nobody wishes to hold it.' (Cal. inq. post mortem, no. 347). The burgesses of Moyaliffe held 220 acres of land for which they paid 4l 16d rent yearly (Cal. inq. post mortem, no. 347). A high, steep-sided flat-topped motte (H 8m)(TN046-006004-) the top of which is enclosed by a roughly coursed limestone castle (int. dims. 8.2m x 6.75m). No bailey area visible. The base of the walls are largely intact with the SE wall surviving 3m high. The S half of the SE wall (L 8.7m) projects out beyond the N portion (L 7.3m; wall T 1.5m). Collapsed masonry containing mural stairs is located in the castle interior. There is a garderobe chute in the W wall.
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
Cal. inq. post mortem - Calendar of inquisitions post mortem (18 vols., London, 1904-87)
Nearby in the register
- Castle - motteunder 1 mi
- House - 18th/19th centuryunder 1 mi
- Settlement deserted - medievalunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.