Middlemount (townland)

Middlemount is a townland in County Laois.
Most of the townland is in the eastern exclave of Coolkerry civil parish. This part is also known as Ballyvoghlaun.
The remaining part of the townland is in the arm of Aghaboe civil parish which separate the eastern exclave of Coolkerry from the main, western part of Coolkerry.

Middlemount Moat

The part of Middlemount townland which lies in Aghaboe civil parish contains a motte which, on the Ordnance Survey map, is called Middlemount Moat. It is sometimes called also the Moat of Laragh or the Mote of Monacoghlan. Carrigan describes Middlemount Moat as "a truncated cone 16 yards in diameter at the top, 25 to 30 ft. high".