Gortlownan Motte is a motte and National Monument located in County Sligo, Ireland.[2]
Móta Ghort Leamhnáin | |
  Shown within Ireland | |
| Location | Gortlownan, Ballintogher, County Sligo, Ireland |
|---|---|
| Region | Bonet Valley |
| Coordinates | 54°13′17″N 8°20′20″W / 54.221479°N 8.338829°W |
| Type | motte |
| History | |
| Material | earth |
| Founded | late 12th century? |
| Periods | Norman Ireland |
| Cultures | Cambro-Norman, Old English |
| Associated with | Normans |
| Site notes | |
| Ownership | State |
| Public access | yes |
| Official name | Gortlownan |
| Reference no. | 277[1] |
Location
editGortlownan Motte is located 2.4 km (1½ miles) west-southwest of Dromahair, just on the Sligo side of the border.
History and archaeology
editMotte-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
edit- ^ "National Monuments of County Sligo in State Care" (PDF). heritageireland.ie. National Monument Service. p. 2. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
- ^ "ErrorFourZeroFour" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 December 2018. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
- ^ "Geograph:: Callan Motte (C) dougf". Geograph.ie. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
- ^ "megalithomania: Gortlownan (Sligo) :: Artificial Mound :: Visit notes". Megalithomania.com. Retrieved 15 December 2018.