What is recorded here
Castle in Buninna may be the lost earth and timber structure at Ballinphull, though no marker or clear ruin remains to prove the claim. O'Rorke wrote of a castle there in 1889, yet later survey work dismissed the entry as unlocated. The name still floats above County Sligo like a house memory, waiting for someone to point at the correct field or bank.
Classified in SMR (1989) manual as unlocated 'Castle'. Not included in RMP (1995).
O'Rorke (1889, Vol II, 397-8) refers to a castle here. The precise location is unknown. This may be a reference to the earth and timber castle at Ballinphull (SL013-083----).
Compiled by : Geraldine Stout
Date of upload: 25 April 2013
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
Places near here
CastleCastle, ringwork · 405 yd
Cliff-edge fort in BuninnaCliff-edge fort · 436 yd
IndicatedFairy fort / earthen ringfort · 777 yd
Lahanacappul IslandIslet · 1232 yd
Portavaud PointHeadland · 1350 yd
Ballinlig PointHeadland · 1409 yd
Derk HouseOfficially recorded historic building · 1634 yd
Giant's GraveArchaeological place · 1.0 mi
Bawn in CarrowbrickeenBawn · 1.1 mi
Strandhill BeachBeach / strand · 2.2 mi