What is recorded here

Castle in Cloonbonny is a square shadow beneath wet pasture, visible only when crops grow uneven above its buried bones. The 1820 Estate Map marked it as a ruin, but by 1973 no stone or bank remained for human eyes. It still stands in the grass, waiting for rain or drought to draw its outline across the field.

Situated on NW-facing slope, in low-lying, wet pasture, overlooking a stream c. 85m to NW. A bowl-barrow (WM029-033----) lies c. 40m to W and a railway line running NW-SE lies c. 45m to NE. Depicted on an 1820 Estate Map (NLI 14 A 25) as a castle ruin marked on the site of an earthwork. Not depicted on OS mapping. Monument described in 1973 as no surface remains visible. Castle site is visible as a roughly square-shaped cropmark (approx. dims. 30m NW-SE; 30m NE-SW) defined by a dark green band of differential growth in contrast to the surrounding field, on OSi aerial photography. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 07 November 2019

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