Glomerstown Castle

Situated on a low rise, in pasture, with good views to N, E and S and overlooked by a ridge to SW and W. Depicted on the 1837 OS Fair Plan map as a small rectilinear-shaped enclosure, annotated ‘Site of Glomerstown Castle’. Depicted on the 1837 OS 6-inch map as a small rectangular-shaped area delimited by a broken line. Levelled castle site described in 1978 as no surface remains visible. A railway line running NE-SW traverses the castle site and no structures or associated earthworks are visible today on Digital Globe aerial photographs. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 23 September 2019

Built in the late medieval period, likely by a local landholding family, Glomerstown Castle is remembered primarily for its strategic position on a low rise, offering extensive views and defensible advantages in the surrounding landscape. Its remains, recorded on the 1837 OS Fair Plan, provide insight into lesser-known regional defensive structures of the period.