
What is recorded here
Shanclogh castle vanished into Mayo pasture, leaving only a low rise and a field memory called Téach Mór. Its stones likely reappeared in local walls, turning a ruined house into a living boundary for neighbouring fields. A modern bungalow now sits where the eastern edge once stood, blocking the last trace from view.
In level lowlying pasture, overlooked by a ridge of higher ground to NE.
A rectangular building (c. 14m N–S; c. 10m E–W), annotated ‘Castle (in ruins)’ is shown on the 1838 OS 6-inch map; it is not shown on later editions, where the location is marked ‘Castle (Site of).
No visible surface trace. A low rise (20-30m across) is evident at the location, truncated at E by a modern bungalow. According to local tradition, the field was known as ‘Téach Mór’, and stones from the castle were said to have been used to construct local field walls.
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 1 April 2020
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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