School: Nobber (B.) (roll number 4284)
- Location:
- Nobber, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Ristéard Ó Fithcheallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0710, Page 211
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- There is a big moat a short distance out-side the village of Nobber. It is said that it was built by the Danes as a watch tower in time of battle.
In Penal days it was used as a place of prayer. The altar was placed in a shallow depression on the side of the moat, but owing to cattle paths this mark has diminished.
It is supposed by others that it is of a later origin having being built during the fifteenth century by the English as a fortification which commanded a section of the Pale(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Philibh Ó Cearbhalláin
- Gender
- Male
