Castle in Tanrego West, County Sligo

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What is recorded here

O'Rorke (1890, 392) referred to 'an old castle and bawn, in fair preservation…in Tanrego'. There are no upstanding remains of the castle visible. However the bawn (SL019-062002-) is well preserved. There is a house (SL019-062003-) of late 16th/early 17th century date c. 25m N of the bawn.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record SL019-062001

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