Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - motte
Donard Lower, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Donard Lower
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Ball Moat
- Coordinates
- 53.02043, -6.61504
- SMR number
- WI021-006----
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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 overlooking the medieval church of Donard (WI021-005001-). Archbishop John Comyn of Dublin granted Donard to Jordan de Marisco before 1190 and this may be the site of a motte built by him (Price 1953, 189). Largely natural steep-sided mound (diam. c. 40m; H c. 4-8m) with a level, roughly circular summit (diam. 24m) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 1.7m; H 0.4-0.7m). There is an entrance (Wth 3m) and an access ramp at the NE, a possible fosse at the E (c. 4m below the summit), with a corresponding berm at the W.
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
This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 119/1940).
References
Price, L. 1953 The place-names of Co. Wicklow. IV - The barony of Talbotstown Lower. The Dublin Institute of Advanced Studies (185-280).
Nearby in the register
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Memorial stoneunder 1 mi
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.