
What is recorded here
Situated in a flat low-lying position between drumlins. A house is described as Castlecarra or the castle of the rock in italic lettering on the 1835 and 1945 editions of the OS 6-inch map indicating the possible location of a castle. The original building, which had belonged to a family called Vaughan, was demolished in the 1960s and is said locally to have been of red brick. There is no visible surface evidence of an antiquity and no documentary evidence of one
The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of revised upload: 14 October 2019
A local castle; wider significance not recorded.
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
IndicatedFairy fort / earthen ringfort · 370 yd
Enclosure in CloonmulliganEnclosure · 480 yd
R. C. ChapelChurch · 1252 yd
Summerhill Lodgeworkhouse administration block · 1749 yd
Moon RiverHeritage attraction · 1.6 mi
PortCastle, unclassified · 1.7 mi
Patrick Gill Memorial Plaque (IRA)Monument · 3.0 mi
Declaration of IndependenceMemorial · 3.0 mi
Wildlife AreaNature reserve · 3.3 mi
Leabaidh DermotCave · 3.3 mi
Hughestown WoodForest · 3.7 mi
InishnagonIsland · 3.9 miOther information
Photo: Credit not shown · Copyright shown; no reuse licence shown