Ballymoty Motte
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Castle - motte

Ballymoty Motte

Móta Bhaile an Mhóta

Motte located in County Wexford, Ireland.

  • AccessNot confirmed
  • National MonumentIn State care
  • DateNot stated
  • FolkloreNone recorded
  • PhotoWikimedia Commons
Ballymoty More, Co. Wexford52.50563, -6.46152
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At a glance

  • TypeCastle - motte
  • Recorded sizeW 2-3m; int. H 0.8m
  • StatusNational Monument

Picked out from the Archaeological Survey description below.

Can you visit?

  • No source says it is open to the public.Most monuments in Ireland stand on private farmland.
  • Ask the landowner before crossing fields, close gates, leave the stones as you find them.Visiting responsibly
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History and description

Located just off the crest at the N end of a NW-SE ridge. This is an overgrown, flat-topped earthen mound with an oval summit (dims. of top 16m N-S; 9m E-W; diam. of base c. 37m; H 7-7.5m) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2-3m; int. H 0.8m) visible on the summit at N and S. The base is defined by a fosse (Wth of top 7-10m) and an outer counterscarp bank (Wth 1.5-2.5m; int. H 1-2m; ext. H 0.8-1.2m).

Full archaeological record 127 words

Located just off the crest at the N end of a NW-SE ridge. This is an overgrown, flat-topped earthen mound with an oval summit (dims. of top 16m N-S; 9m E-W; diam. of base c. 37m; H 7-7.5m) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2-3m; int. H 0.8m) visible on the summit at N and S. The base is defined by a fosse (Wth of top 7-10m) and an outer counterscarp bank (Wth 1.5-2.5m; int. H 1-2m; ext. H 0.8-1.2m). Below the summit of the mound on the W side is an embanked platform (dims. 16m N–S; 7m E–W), probably the result of quarrying. The church site (WX020-042----) is just 35m to the NE. (Harbison 1975, 245)

This is a National Monument in state ownership: No. 375.

Archaeological Survey of Ireland, National Monuments Service (CC BY 4.0) · Compiled by Michael Moore · Updated 6 June, 2012 · Based on the Archaeological Inventory of County Wexford. It describes the site as it was when surveyed.

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