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On limestone outcrop in low-lying farmland. In existence in 1574 (Nolan 1901, 112) and described in the OS Letters (O'Flanagan 1927, Vol. 2, 29-30) as the 'ruin of a castle'. On the 1837 edition of the OS 6-inch map a roughly subrectangular field, subdivided by another N-S running field wall, is labelled 'Site of Castle'. On the subsequent 1929 revision of map edition, 'Castle (Site of)' is shown on a small mound that occupies the E half of a raised rectangular area indicated by hachures. All that now remains is a large grass-covered mound, roughly subcircular in plan (31m NE-SW, 28.3m NW-SE). This may be partly natural: limestone is exposed on the SW side where the mound stands up to 5.25m in height. However, traces of stone and mortar are exposed in places. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 18 August 2021

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Site of Castle — Ballycoony

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