Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - motte and bailey
Ardoyne, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ardoyne
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.78058, -6.69337
- SMR number
- WI042-002----
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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 on the high W end of a E-W sand ridge with steep slopes to the S, W and N. Level ground to the E indicates the possible location of a small bailey. Circular steep-sided mound (diam. 45m; H. 5-7m) with a flat summit (diam. 18m) surrounded by a berm (Wth 5m) at the S, W and N. There is a slight trace of a fosse inside the berm (Wth 3m) at the N. A narrow quarry is cut into the E side of the motte with spoil to the N.
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
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
- Settlement deserted - medievalunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.