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Castle (in ruins)

Castle, tower house
Castle (in ruins)
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Ballymulcashel stands in County Clare as a ruined tower house, its stone walls still marking the place where human hands built against the weather. The structure has lost much of its former shape, but the remaining elevation shows a building meant to endure. It is no longer a complete castle, yet it is not empty either. The stones continue to hold the memory of a place that resisted time, even if the rooms and roofs are gone.
The following items have been uploaded: CL043-085002-_01.pdf Details from Risteárd Ua Cróinín and Martin Breen, The Castles and Tower-houses of Co. Clare (unpublished report). Uploaded courtesy of R. Ua Cróinín and M. Breen. CL043-085002-_01.jpg View of SE elevation. CL043-085002-_02.jpg NE elevation. Doorway at ground level hidden by trees. CL043-085002-_02.jpg SW elevation. Revised by: Mary Tunney Date of revised upload: 12 March 2019 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 8/1973).

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Photo: Mike Searle · CC BY-SA 2.0