Gortlownan Motte
Gortlownan Motte is a motte and National Monument located in County Sligo, Ireland.[1]
Móta Ghort Leamhnáin | |||||||||
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| Location | Gortlownan, Ballintogher, County Sligo, Ireland | ||||||||
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| Region | Bonet Valley | ||||||||
| Coordinates | 54.221479°N 8.338829°W | ||||||||
| Type | motte | ||||||||
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| Material | earth | ||||||||
| Founded | late 12th century? | ||||||||
| Periods | Norman Ireland | ||||||||
| Cultures | Cambro-Norman, Old English | ||||||||
| Associated with | Normans | ||||||||
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| Ownership | State | ||||||||
| Public access | yes | ||||||||
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Location
Gortlownan Motte is located 2.4 km (1½ miles) west-southwest of Dromahair, just on the Sligo side of the border.
History and archaeology
Motte-and-bailey castles were a primitive type of castle built after the Norman invasion, a mound of earth topped by a wooden palisade and tower.[2]
The motte at Gortlownan may have been built on the site of an earlier Gaelic Irish hillfort.[3]
References
- "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 December 2018. Retrieved 15 December 2018.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- "Geograph:: Callan Motte (C) dougf". Geograph.ie. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
- "megalithomania: Gortlownan (Sligo) :: Artificial Mound :: Visit notes". Megalithomania.com. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
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