Overview
Castlecoote — Castlecoote is recorded as House — fortified house in Roscommon. Sir Charles Coote built a fortified house just W of the site of Malby's fortified house (RO039-061001-) sometime after 1616. It is situated on a rise on the S bank of a W-E section of the River Suck at a point where the river turns S c. 60m to the E.
Who built and held it
The saved account records: c. 40m N-S) surrounded the house, but nothing remains of it apart from the NE and SE towers which were part of Malby's house, mirrored by a featureless and poorly built hexagonal tower at the NW angle.
Attack, change and use
The saved account records: It was re-styled in the 18th century with additions, especially on the N side, and it is still occupied.
What survives
The saved account records: The foundations of the SW tower, and the W wall (T c. 1.6m) of the bawn were uncovered c. 1960 (Connellan 1962-3).
Why it mattered
Castlecoote — Castlecoote matters because the source ties house — fortified house to this exact landscape and preserves evidence that a bare map name loses. The saved account adds: Sir Charles Coote built a fortified house just W of the site of Malby's fortified house (RO039-061001-) sometime after 1616.
History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.
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