What is recorded here
Situated on gently sloping ground, overlooking low-lying, rough pasture to S and SW. Depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map as a rectangular structure annotated ‘Castle’ and which appears to adjoin a circular-shaped ringwork (WM024-155001-) to SW. Depicted on the revised 1913 ed. OS 25-inch map as a rectangular ruin on the edge of the inner scarp of an oval-shaped ringwork and annotated ‘Castle (in Ruins)’. Area around castle annotated ‘Sam’s Park’ on OS 25-inch map. Monument described in 1979 as all that remains of the castle are the grass-covered wall footings visible standing inside a ringwork. Wall footings of the castle are visible on the SW bank of the ringwork. There is a low mound against the internal face of the ringwork bank at WSW where a portion of the castle wall footing (approx. H 2m; L 2m) is well preserved. Another low mound with the remains of wall footings are located in the NE area of the ringwork and are assumed to be the ruins of a small building. There is the outline of a subrectangular-shaped structure in the SE quadrant of the ringwork.
Situated on gently sloping ground, overlooking low-lying, rough pasture to S and SW. Depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map as a rectangular structure annotated ‘Castle’ and which appears to adjoin a circular-shaped ringwork (WM024-155001-) to SW. Depicted on the revised 1913 ed. OS 25-inch map as a rectangular ruin on the edge of the inner scarp of an oval-shaped ringwork and annotated ‘Castle (in Ruins)’. Area…
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WM024-155
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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