Motte and Bailey

Motte and Bailey is an archaeological site in County Carlow, Leinster. Motte and Bailey is situated nearby to the archaeological site St Mullin’s Monastic Site, as well as near St Mullin’s Church of Ireland Church.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include St Mullin’s Monastic Site and St Mullin’s Church of Ireland Church.

St Mullin’s Monastic Site

Archaeological site

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The monastic site in St Mullin's, County Carlow, Ireland, is an early medieval ecclesiastical site. St Mullin’s Monastic Site is situated 110 metres east of Motte and Bailey.

St Mullin’s Church of Ireland Church

Church

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St Mullin’s Church of Ireland Church is situated 140 metres east of Motte and Bailey.

St. James’s Chapel

Ruins

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St. James’s Chapel is a ruins, which is situated 170 metres east of Motte and Bailey.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include St Mullin’s and The Rower.

St Mullins is a village, civil parish and townland on the eastern bank of the River Barrow in the south of County Carlow, Ireland. A smaller part of the civil parish is in County Wexford. The village is 10 km north of New Ross, near the R729 road.

The Rower

Locality

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Rower or The Rower is a small village in County Kilkenny, Ireland. The Rower is on the R705 regional road, roughly 30 km from both Waterford and Kilkenny. The Rower is situated 4½ km southwest of Motte and Bailey.

Graignamanagh

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Graignamanagh is a village on the River Barrow, which forms the eastern boundary of County Kilkenny in southeast Ireland. Gráig na Manach means "village of the monks" and refers to Duiske Abbey which is the place's main attraction.

Motte and Bailey

Type: Archaeological site
Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: County Carlow, Leinster, Southeast Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.48923° or 52° 29′ 21″ north

Longitude

-6.92962° or 6° 55′ 47″ west

Wheelchair access

Operator

Office of Public Works

Open location code

9C4MF3QC+M5

OpenStreetMap ID

way 357271010

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=archaeological_site

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In Other Languages

“Motte and Bailey” goes by many names.

Irish: “Móta agus Baile”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include St. Mullin’s Round Tower and The Abbey.

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