What is recorded here

Castlecarra, meaning the castle of the rock, is named for a house demolished in the 1960s rather than a surviving castle. The red brick home belonged to the Vaughan family and stood in a flat dip between drumlins. No stone wall or castle trench remains visible, but the name still points to the rock and the house that vanished from it.

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

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