
What is recorded here
Drumline Castle stood as a tower house in County Clare, Ireland, until ruins claimed it by the early 1950s. Its stones likely watched generations pass before surrendering to time and weather. The exact shape of its end remains unclear, but the ruin itself testifies to the fleeting nature of human ambition against enduring nature.
See attached document with details from Risteárd Ua Cróinín and Martin Breen, The Castles and Tower-houses of Co. Clare (unpublished report). Uploaded courtesy of R. Ua Cróinín and M. Breen.
Date of upload: 18 December 2014
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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Photo: Roger Diel · CC BY-SA 2.0