What is recorded here

Mullamast Castle vanished in the nineteenth century, but one of its stones survived demolition to become a doorway threshold at Prospect House. The castle occupied a field locals still called the old town, suggesting that buildings, streets and memory had already collapsed into grass before the surveyors arrived. Whatever room that stone once bordered has no name, no plan and no photograph, yet it may have been the exact place where a person lifted a blanket, set down a bowl or waited for someone to return.

Marked on the Down Survey (1655-6) map as W of Prospect House. According to Fitzgerald (1903-5, 245) the castle stood in a field known locally as 'the old town' and the Mullaghmast stone (KD036-009----; now in the NMI DU018-412----) was found during the demolition of this castle in the 19th century: it was subsequently incorporated within the fabric of Prospect House where it acted as a threshold stone to a doorway. The exact location of this castle is unknown. See also rectangular enclosure (KD036-019----). Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy

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