What is recorded here

Castle (in Ruins), Tonymore is a three-storey limestone tower house in County Cavan where the eastern and southern walls still mark the shape of a domestic stronghold. Its entrance arch, murder-hole, narrow loops and beam slots suggest a small household that watched the land, stored goods and retreated upward when danger came. The missing western wall leaves the interior exposed to rain and memory, turning a private residence into an open chamber where the absent rooms can still be walked through the mind.

A three-storey tower house constructed of roughly coursed limestone blocks, with pronounced base batter rising to a height of c. 3m. Remains comprise the E and S walls and featureless N wall. W wall is largely destroyed. Entrance with remains of masonry arch at centre of E wall above which is a well-preserved cut-stone loop. A large opening at ground-floor level flanks doorway on its N side. Fenestration in S wall includes two loops, one placed directly above the other lighting the staircase, a narrow ope with large embrasure at ground-floor level and the remains of a large window-opening at first-floor level. Inside entrance is a short hallway, with murder-hole over head, leading W to the main ground floor area. A small rectangular chamber leads off this to N and a stairwell to S. A pointed doorway leads W from the hall to an inner room containing two wall cupboards. On first floor another dressed, pointed doorway leads from the staircase to a room at W which contains large recesses, and beam slots in its S wall. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1995). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 December 2008

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