What is recorded here
Castle stands in Ballyasheea, County Clare, still unclassified after centuries of human life. It may have been a home, a trap or a boundary marker for neighbours who no longer speak its name. The stones remain clear even when the story does not.
See attached document with details from Risteárd Ua Cróinín and Martin Breen, The Castles and Tower-houses of Co. Clare (unpublished report). Uploaded courtesy of R. Ua Cróinín and M. Breen.
Date of upload: 11 December 2014
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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