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Castle in An Más

Castle, tower house

What is recorded here

In a low-lying wooded area. In existence in 1574 when it was in the possession of 'Walter fitz Ab fitz Ed.' (Nolan 1901b, 118). A poorly preserved ivy-covered tower: only NE wall (L 9.4m) and the returns of SE and NW walls (L c. 4m) survive to a height of three storeys. A pointed arch doorway in NE wall gives access to a small lobby with the guardroom to N and the shell of the spiral stairs to S. There is no evidence of a vault. An intramural chamber is visible in NE wall on 1st floor. Windows consist of rectangular and round-headed slits, a gun loop is visible beneath one in SE wall, and a possible ogee-headed window in NE wall. II - North Galway'.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA056-112

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