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In undulating grassland, c. 10m S of a stream, near N limits of Ballinasloe town. In existence in the 16th C when it was occupied by 'Sean na Maighe O'Kelly' (Egan 1960, 37). What survives is a large slightly raised subcircular area (N-S c. 102m, E-W c. 88m) cut at N and S by a road. Of the castle itself, and the series of mounds and hollows noted by Rynne (pers. comm.), no visible surface trace survives. He described the monument as being 'eccentrically placed … the whole complex is much like a bailey with the remains of a motte/castle'.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999).
Date of upload: 05 August 2010
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