![]() It is worth citing this piece in full in order to furnish a comprehensive description of this settlement type: Therein lies their curiosity: moated sites, perhaps more than any other type of medieval settlement, appear to be arbitrarily laid out on a national level in the absence of any historical context.ĭuffy, in his discussion on Irish mottes, makes mention of another type of early Norman settlement which, ‘unlike the motte, relied not on their elevation but on a palisaded bank and ditch.’ Glasscock extends this description and differentiates between two different types of moated site. Yet these sites, as former settlements, are still quite common in parts of the Irish landscape. A cursory glance through the indices of many general histories of Norman Ireland will reveal entries under ‘mottes’ or ‘motte-and-baileys’ but rarely, if ever, ‘moated site’. The moated site is an archaeological curiosity in some ways. (See also The Castle in the Lordship of Ireland) ![]() In this essay Gearoid Phelan explores the Medieval moated sites in Ireland. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |