Gortlownan Motte

Gortlownan Motte is a motte and National Monument located in County Sligo, Ireland.[2]

Gortlownan Motte
Móta Ghort Leamhnáin
Gortlownan Motte is located in Ireland
Gortlownan Motte
Shown within Ireland
LocationGortlownan, Ballintogher,
County Sligo, Ireland
RegionBonet Valley
Coordinates54.221479°N 8.338829°W / 54.221479; -8.338829
Typemotte
History
Materialearth
Foundedlate 12th century?
PeriodsNorman Ireland
CulturesCambro-Norman, Old English
Associated withNormans
Site notes
OwnershipState
Public accessyes
Official nameGortlownan
Reference no.277[1]

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.[3]

The motte at Gortlownan may have been built on the site of an earlier Gaelic Irish hillfort.[4]

References

  1. "National Monuments of County Sligo in State Care" (PDF). heritageireland.ie. National Monument Service. p. 2. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  2. "ErrorFourZeroFour" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 December 2018. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  3. "Geograph:: Callan Motte (C) dougf". Geograph.ie. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  4. "megalithomania: Gortlownan (Sligo) :: Artificial Mound :: Visit notes". Megalithomania.com. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
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