What is recorded here
In undulating pasture, atop rise. Shown on OS map (1929) as rectangular structure. Castle now levelled, leaving rectilinear grass-covered mound (H 1.8m; 15.3m N-S; 13.1m E-W) of rubble.
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. 683.
Date of upload: 28 January 2014
A local castle; wider significance not recorded.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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