What is recorded here

Glomerstown Castle vanished entirely, leaving only a low pasture rise where a railway now cuts through the exact place its walls stood. The site offered wide views to the north, east and south but remained exposed to the higher ridge behind, suggesting any occupant watched the land rather than hid from it. What was built there, who lost it and when the stones disappeared remains unknown.

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.

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