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Castle in Ardagh South

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On high rock outcrop with commanding view in every direction. Shown on OS 6-inch map (1842) as rectangular structure. Castle now levelled, leaving subrectangular grass-covered mound (H 1.3m; 3.2m N-S; 6.8m E-W) of rubble; some stone-faced earthen terracing to S. Mentioned by Lewis (1837, vol. 2, 650) 'of Ardagh Castle...a small fragment only exists. O Driscoll castle (O Murchadha 1985, 178).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO150-026

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Pictures: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage; Mick Garratt, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; Mac McCarron, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0; Martin Southwood, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; Andrew Wood, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; E.G. Irving, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain; nick macneill, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; Theorlafitz, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0; Ben Rudiak-Gould, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain; Vadim Manuylov, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0; Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0

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