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Late cold spring evening, Coolock tumulus across the Malahide road in the chocolate factory

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Tumulus in the grounds of a chocolate factory! I wonder if the staff roll their Easter eggs down it at this time of year? :-)	Posted by thelonious 1st April 2013ce
Nice one thelonius! I wonder if they even know what it is.	Posted by ryaner 1st April 2013ce
Did you get to see the article Ryaner? It suggests that the mound was long thought to be a medieval motte (although it's rather small) and that 'Moatfield' is named after it.	Posted by Rhiannon 1st April 2013ce
I did read it Rhiannon. I think back in the day that motte and moat were often used for any old type of mound. It doesn't resemble any Norman motte that I've ever seen. I haven't got up close to it yet as you need to get permission from the head of security. It does seem very clipped, the slope of the mound ending very abruptly rather than merging into the surrounding turf, pointing to something more modern. It's ovoid shape is classic pre-historic, a mound covering a bronze age cist as the author says, but I'm very unsure. It's one of those 'probable/possibles' that we won't know without excavation.	Posted by ryaner 1st April 2013ce
Perhaps the security lot don't want the fairies disturbed eh :)	Posted by Rhiannon 1st April 2013ce
Ha ha, maybe. I think fairies are an endangered species in Coolock. :-)	Posted by ryaner 2nd April 2013ce
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