Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - motte
Mount Kennedy Demesne, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Mount Kennedy Demesne
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Mound
- Coordinates
- 53.10037, -6.11588
- SMR number
- WI013-026----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1799 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1841 · 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
Natural circular mound (diam. c. 100m; H c. 6m) to the S of Mt. Kennedy House. The site rises steeply on all sides. Half-way up the slope there is a wide berm (Wth 9-14m). Above this the site rises to a circular flat top (diam. 28.5m). The site may be a natural feature converted for use as a motte but subsequently landscaped, probably in the 18th century.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wicklow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 17 December 2008
Nearby in the register
- House - 16th/17th centuryunder 1 mi
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Habitation siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.