
What is recorded here
Fragmentary ivy-clad remains of tower on slight rise, on island. SE angle survives to 1st-floor level, with a mound of rubble (7.2m N-S; 4.5m E-W) at its base. Small window in ground floor of S wall with corbels overhead on E and S walls. Castle of MacTybbot Burke in 1574, then known as Castlecally (Knox 1908,
The above description has been derived from D. Lavelle (compiler), An Archaeological Survey of Ballinrobe and District including Lough Mask and Lough Carra. Lough Mask and Lough Carra Tourist Development Association (1994), No. 709.
Date of upload: 25 October 2013
A local castle; wider significance not recorded.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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