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°13′17″N 8°20′20″W / 54.221479°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

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Gortlownan Motte is located 2.4 km (1½ miles) west-southwest of Dromahair, just on the Sligo side of the border.

History and archaeology

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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

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  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.