What is recorded here
Castle Nancy defies cartography because no formal map has ever marked its stones. The mystery suggests human memory preserved what surveyors discarded, keeping a lost structure alive through local speech alone.
The OS Letters (O'Flanagan 1927, Vol. 1, 81) noted, that according to local information, there was a castle in 'Castle Nancy'. However, it is not shown on the OS 6-inch maps. Not located.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 13 September 2021
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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