Castle Barnagh (Site of) — Report the wrong picture

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Castle Barnagh is a ruined O'Conor stronghold where two rectangular earthworks still mark a tower house and its defensive bawn on a rocky ridge. It may be the earlier fort of Daingean, the castle whose disappearance helped birth Fort Governor and Philipstown. The bigger eastern enclosure suggests a working castle, not a symbolic marker, while the smaller western part preserves the chamber that gave the place its name.

Rectangular area (c. 21m E-W, c. 20m N-S) defined by low earthen banks and sited on an elevated area on rock outcrop. Large rectangular area (c.31m N-S, c. 40m E-W) attached to E side of smaller enclosure or possible bawn. The two areas probably represent the remains of a tower house and bawn. This may be the castle site that is often referred to as the earlier fort of Daingean (OF018-006001-) which was an important O'Conor stronghold, with its associated church of 'Cill O Duirthi' [Killaderry] (OF010-035002-). It has been suggested that Fort Governor was built on the site of the earlier O'Conor fortification, however Castle Barnagh may have been the earlier O'Conor castle that was later replaced by Fort Governor (OF018-006001-) at a new location around which the sixteenth century settlement of Philipstown grew up around. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien. Date of upload: 23 May 2011

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