What is recorded here
Possible bawn within townland described in the OS Field Name Books 1837-40 as a 'Turret consisting of a stump of a circular tower, remains of some walls' (OSFNB 1837-40, p. 60). May have been describing the remains of a bawn wall and surviving cylindrical angle tower of O'Dempsey's castle (OF026-044----).
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record OF026-044
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
Places near here
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Ballychristal HouseHouse · 1.3 mi
Saint Mary's Catholic ChurchChurch/chapel · 1.5 miGhaugher HillMountain / peak · 2.3 mi
Father BurbageMemorial · 2.6 miGeashill Glebe WalkVisitor information · 2.6 miFurzehill WoodWood · 3.3 miDerryounce Lakes & TrailsNature reserve · 3.8 mi
Lea Castle (in ruins)Castle, Anglo-Norman masonry castle · 6.6 miPictures: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage; Trenchspike, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0; Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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