Overview
Castle — unclassified in Straid (straid Ed) is recorded as Castle — unclassified in Donegal. This is believed to be the early ecclesiastical site of Culmaine (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 377). The site presently consists of a graveyard (DG010-011001-) surrounding a ruined 18th century church.
Who built and held it
The saved account records: Beside the church there stood in 1600 a castle (DG010-011004-) (probably a stone house) which was inhabited by a priest called Amerson (Davies and Swan 1939, 198).
Attack, change and use
The saved account records: This is believed to be the early ecclesiastical site of Culmaine (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 377).
What survives
The saved account records: No visible trace of this structure survives and its exact location is unknown.
Why it mattered
Castle — unclassified in Straid (straid Ed) matters because a belief or tradition is tied to this exact place and forms part of its local memory. The source records: This is believed to be the early ecclesiastical site of Culmaine (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 377). The tradition is kept as a recorded belief; it is not silently turned into literal fact.
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