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Killimor Castle

Castle, tower house

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On a rise in grassland just E of the Killimor River. In existence in 1574 when it was in the possession of 'Dermott ODaly' (Nolan 1901b, 120). The original tower, a rectangular four-storey structure (L12m, Wth 9m), has been incorporated into W end of an 18/19th-C house. The latter consists of a rectangular three-bay…

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On a rise in grassland just E of the Killimor River. In existence in 1574 when it was in the possession of 'Dermott ODaly' (Nolan 1901b, 120). The original tower, a rectangular four-storey structure (L12m, Wth 9m), has been incorporated into W end of an 18/19th-C house. The latter consists of a rectangular three-bay two-storey building over a basement, with a centrally placed doorway in S wall approached by a flight of stone steps. Large chimney stacks crown both gables. The original pointed arch doorway of the tower house, situated in E wall, is framed by an outer arch between which and the doorway proper is an narrow slit resembling a murder-hole. This doorway gave access to a lobby with a guardroom, still intact, to S. The original stone stairs of which only two steps remain, were situated in NW corner. Their site is now occupied by a dilapidated modern wooden stairs. There is also a blocked segmented arch doorway in N wall. Apart from a blocked ogee-headed window in E wall and a number of slit windows in W and N walls, no other architectural features were noted. A church (GA085-056001-) lies 80m NNW. II - North Galway'.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA085-057

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