What is recorded here

Castle, unclassified in Ballinrobe Demesne, County Mayo, Ireland: a Norman castle from the 1230's that became a manor house, then a military barracks, leaving ruins in undulating pasture beside River Robe. It is not a display site or a protected monument in the provided facts, but a changed place where human hands kept rebuilding what power required.

In undulating pasture, with River Robe 100m N. According to Knox (1908, 36) a Norman castle was erected here in the 1230's. It changed ownership many times. Transformed into a manor house before being levelled to build a military barracks in late eighteenth century, the ruins of which now occupy the site. The above description has been derived from D. Lavelle (compiler), An Archaeological Survey of Ballinrobe and District including Lough Mask and Lough Carra. Lough Mask and Lough Carra Tourist Development Association (1994), No. 681. Date of upload: 14 November 2013

A Norman castle was built in the 1230s and later became a manor house; its location in the Ballinrobe Demesne reflects medieval land control and subsequent estate evolution in the region.

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.