Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
Motte
Ards and North Down, Northern Ireland
The record
- Designation
- Record only (not listed)
- Grade
- Record Only
- Type
- No type recorded
- Address
- Motte, Brooke Street, Holywood, County Down
- Council
- Ards and North Down
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.64150, -5.83085
- Date of survey
- 04 March 2011
- HB reference
- HB23/20/053
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Department's description
Exterior description and setting
A defensive motte dating from the twelfth-century, located on Brooke Street near Holywood town centre.
Historical information
N/A
Criteria for listing: architectural interest
Not listed
Criteria for listing: historic interest
Not listed
Evaluation
A defensive motte dating from the twelfth-century, located on Brooke Street near Holywood town centre. Not within the remit of this survey.
General comments
Partial Survey Only
Nearby in the register
- Motte House, 21 Victoria Road, Holywood, Co Down BT18 9BAHouse - Terraceunder 1 mi
- Holywood Nursery SchoolNo type recordedunder 1 mi
- 5 The CrescentHouse - Terraceunder 1 mi
- 6 The CrescentHouse - Terraceunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.