What is recorded here
Extant remains comprise the ruins of portion of a four-storey house of late 18th or early 19th-century date, incorporating 17th-century stonework in NE angle, especially in the lower courses. This may have been the site of a castle built by Captain Gerald Fleming in 1607 and lost during the Williamite wars. Depicted on the Down Survey (1656-8) map as a large castle with two entrance gates at Cabragh (25) accompanied by a small building, perhaps a mill, on the bank of the E-W River Lagan c. 200m to the N. For the Down Survey map see this web-page accessed on 12/04/2016. http://downsurvey.tcd.ie/down-survey-maps.php#bm=Clanchie&c=Cavan There are no visible remains of a mill building.
Extant remains comprise the ruins of portion of a four-storey house of late 18th or early 19th-century date, incorporating 17th-century stonework in NE angle, especially in the lower courses. This may have been the site of a castle built by Captain Gerald Fleming in 1607 and lost during the Williamite wars. Depicted on the Down Survey (1656-8) map as a large castle with two entrance gates at Cabragh (25)…
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CV035-011
This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- No visible remains or recorded as destroyed
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