A W: View of the Moat of Grenoge, Co.y Westmeath
A.C. delint. 29th March 1791 ; Pinxt. 3d. July 1791
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Summary: | What looks like a Norman motte-and-bailey at Grenoge, County Westmeath, Ireland, showing the flat-topped mound or motte on the left surrounded by a bank and ditch, with the raised bailey on the right |
Format: | Prints & Drawings |
Language: | English |
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1791
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Notes: | From: Antiquities of Abbeys, Castles & c. & c. in Ireland, Vol. II Image within ink frame 8.8 x 14.4 cm. Watermark u.l on sheet is part of a shield, possibly with fleur-de-lys Title inscribed in ink l.c. on sheet under image Austin Cooper mentions this motte in his diary entry for March 27th, 1791 (NLI Ms. Acc. 4841) Physical description: 1 drawing image 8.4 x 14.1 cm., on sheet 18.3 x 26.7 cm. Citations/References: An Eighteenth Century Antiquary : The Sketches, Notes and Diaries of Austin Cooper (1759-1830) / Liam Price. - Dublin, 1942 Plate 49 more |
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Coo 2122 TX (2) 12 |
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