Castle in Lough Melvin, County Leitrim

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Built on the S side of crannóg (LE002-01401-), which is located c. 100m off the S shore of Lough Melvin close to Rosclogher church (LE002-015001-), which is c. 120m to the S. This is a castle of the McClancy clan which was visited by Captain de Cuellar, a survivor of the Armada, in 1588 (O'Reilly 1893), who provides a detailed account of life in the tower house. The castle is a rectangular masonry structure (int. dims 7.5m N-S; 6.55m E-W) of which only the W and S walls survive (max. H c. 9m at S) with dressed quoins. It had at least three storeys, and is now badly obscured with ivy. Architectural features do not survive and only fragments of window opes, a doorway and a mural passage are visible. An E-W internal division was inserted as a secondary feature at ground floor level. There is a low wall 3.15m from the W wall, with gun-loops facing the shore, which Captain de Cuellar built.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LE002-014002

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