Fortification in Townparks, County Leitrim

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Situated on the E bank of the river Shannon where it narrows passing through Carrick-on-Shannon. A fort of unknown form was built here in 1611, which survived into the 1650s at least when it had a complement of 20 men (Kerrigan 1980-2, 140; McDermott 2019, 123). It is not known when the fort became defunct but its remains were preserved within the precinct of the Royal Irish Constabulary barracks into the early twentieth century. The surviving fragment is depicted and described as a 'Castle (in Ruins)' on the OS 25-inch plan (surveyed 1907), but it was not recorded on the subsequent revision of the 6-inch map. A fragment of the wall (Wth 1.4m; H 1.4m) amounting to about a quarter of a circular tower survives close to the bridge over the Shannon. Archaeological testing (02E0039) c. 25m NE of this remnant identified a wall (Wth 0.8m) running N-S that may relate to the fort (Quinn 2004). In this instance the entry has been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Revised by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 8 November 2012 Amended: 24 September, 2013, 14 October, 2019

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LE031-005001

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