Gortlownan Motte facts for kids
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Móta Ghort Leamhnáin
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 Location in Ireland
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| Location | Gortlownan, Ballintogher, County Sligo, Ireland |
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| Region | Bonet Valley | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 54°13′17″N 8°20′20″W / 54.221479°N 8.338829°W | ||||||||||
| Type | motte | ||||||||||
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| Material | earth | ||||||||||
| Founded | late 12th century? | ||||||||||
| Periods | Norman Ireland | ||||||||||
| Cultures | Cambro-Norman, Old English | ||||||||||
| Associated with | Normans | ||||||||||
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| Ownership | State | ||||||||||
| Public access | yes | ||||||||||
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Gortlownan Motte is a motte and National Monument located in County Sligo, Ireland.
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.
The motte at Gortlownan may have been built on the site of an earlier Gaelic Irish hillfort.
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