greenmount motte

A good Norman motte with well-preserved bailey built on an easily fortifiable position on a slight promontory overlooking a plain. The hole on top of the mound is the result of excavations carried out in the 1860s when a stone lined passage leading nowhere was found below the top of the mound. A bronze axe of c. 1600 B.C. and a piece of bronze with a Viking inscription also came to light.