[1094] As far as the writer’s experience goes, terraces are only found on mottes which have at some time been incorporated in private gardens or grounds.
[1095] Journ. R. S. A. I., vol. xxxix., 1909.
[1096] Piers, Collect. de Rebus Hib., cited by Orpen.
[1097] Mr Orpen says: “The castle was ‘constructed anew’ in the sixth and seventh years of Edward I., when £700 was expended.” Irish Pipe Rolls, 8 Edward I., cited in Eng. Hist. Rev., xxii., 454.
[1098] Line 3178.
[1099] The annular bailey, with the motte in the centre, is a most unusual arrangement, and certainly suggests the idea that the motte was placed in an existing Irish rath.
[1100] See [Appendix M].
[1101] Annals of Loch Cè.
[1102] Giraldus, v., 313.
[1103] This keep has a square turret on each of its faces instead of at the angles. A similar plan is found at Warkworth, and Castle Rushen, Isle of Man.