The forgotten Mound of Down

BBC ^ | January 27, 2012 | unattributed

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks .

The site is defined by a massive bank and ditch that encircles what was once a drumlin island

Much of the mound was overgrown

[SunkenCiv]

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[momtothree]

Very interesting. My Irish relatives said that in Ireland, people use to believe the mounds were where Leprechauns lived. (Of course, those stories were told to me after vast amounts of Guinness and Irish Mist was consumed).

[BenLurkin]

I haven’t forgotten it...

[Fred Nerks]

The Mound of DownThe Mound of Down is an Iron Age hill fort which had a Norman motte built within the ring earthwork. An aerial photo from helicopter.

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motte? is that the same as a moat?

[ponygirl]

A hairy young lady from town
Had cleavage quite prickly and brown
She went to a spa
Where they waxed her ta-tas
Now her mounds are both softer than down

[Woodman]

Motte - mound, hill; especially: a hill serving as a site for a Norman castle in Britain (Mirriam Webster)

[blam]

Good picture, thanks.

[SunkenCiv]

:’)

[SunkenCiv]

That’s “motte’”, a strong medieval beverage that was served hot.

In very, very large containers.

[SunkenCiv]

Two Irishmen were sitting on the ground.

One fell off.

[SunkenCiv]

Sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you down.

[SuzyQue]

Oh. I thought it would be pillow talk.

[NonValueAdded]

what’s up with that?

[Oratam]

From Bantry Bay up to Derry Quay
And from Galway to Dublin town
No maid I've seen like the sweet colleen
That I met in the County Down.

Up Down!

[Winstons Julia]

The mound of Down was hidden from pubic view?

[Winstons Julia]

I’m so vain... I thought this sub was about me.

[Fred Nerks]

They're all over the place:

CASTLEWALES

Wiston must rank as one of the best-preserved motte and bailey castles in Wales.

So of the 'motte' is the fort and the 'bailey' is the compound in which the animals were kept, why the need to raise the level of the bailey?

PS. I'll have mine in a bucket, thank you.

[Joe 6-pack]

Van Morrison & The Chieftains do a magnificent version of that tune :^)

[Oratam]

They do, indeed!