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

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.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gortlownan_Motte
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