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The precise location of Ballynacarrow Castle has not been identified. The castle is depicted on the 1657 Down Survey map of Rathconrath parish where it is depicted as a tower house type structure standing close to the SW shoreline of Mount Dalton Lough (NLI, MS 723-4). The terrier of the Down Survey map of Rathconrath parish stated there was in 'Rathconrath a Castle' standing on lands belonging to Nicholas Dalton (ibid.). The castle is not depicted on any edition of the OS 6-inch maps. The location marked on the Westmeath RMP map was based on the 17th century Down Survey map which was superimposed onto the OS 6-inch map. This area was visited in 1983 and no surface remains of any castle site was discovered in this area.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 5 October 2016
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The map shows the centre of the officially named townland area, not the monument. The government record does not identify the exact monument point.