Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - motte
Moyaliff, County Tipperary North, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Moyaliff
- County
- Tipperary North
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Moat
- Coordinates
- 52.65137, -7.93775
- SMR number
- TN046-006004-
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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. Described in the fourteenth century as consisting of a 'stone tower roofed with shingles' (Cal. inq. post mortem, vol. 8, 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.' (CIPM, vol. 3, no. 347). A high, steep-sided flat-topped motte (H 8m) the top of which is enclosed by a roughly coursed limestone castle (TN046-006002-). No bailey area 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: 22 September 2008
References
Cal. inq. post mortem - Calendar of inquisitions post mortem (18 vols., London, 1904-87)
Nearby in the register
- Castle - Anglo-Norman masonry castleunder 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.