Dún Dealgan Motte
Móta Dhún Dealgan | |
Cambro-Norman, Old English | |
| Associated with | Normans |
|---|---|
| Site notes | |
| Public access | yes |
| Official name | Dun Dealgan |
| Reference no. | 388 |
Dún Dealgan Motte is a
Location
Dún Dealgan Motte is located immediately northwest of Dundalk and west of Mount Avenue, on a ridge overlooking the Castletown River.[2]
History and archaeology
Motte
An ancient
Early accounts merely call it Dealga, with dún only added after 1002, so it's possible that a fort was only built on the hill around that time. A Z-shaped souterrain, 17 m (56 ft) in length, was also dug into the hill in the Gaelic period.[citation needed]
Motte-and-bailey castles were a primitive type of castle built after the
Folly
A local landowner named Patrick Byrne (often called a
The house was rebuilt in 1850 by Thomas Vesey Dawson as a country retreat, but fell into disrepair and was bought by the County Louth Archaeological and Historical Society to be used for a museum. It was further damaged in the revolutionary period (1919–23) when it was deliberately set on fire by armed men.[7]
References
- ISBN 9780809240623– via Google Books.
- ISBN 9781851825967– via Google Books.
- ^ "Dun Dealgan Motte, Castletown, Louth".
- ^ "Geograph:: Callan Motte (C) dougf". Retrieved 5 September 2016.
- ^ "Dun Dealgan Motte". Archived from the original on 27 September 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
- ^ "Dun Dealgan Motte".
- ^ Past, Ed Hannon-Visions of the (29 March 2015). "Dun Dealgan, Louth, Ireland".