What is recorded here
Rathcline is a hollow place, missing the one stone that would have spoken. A gentleman in a new house took an ancient Irish inscription from the castle wall and vanished with it. The stones remain, but they have forgotten what they said.
Associated with the tower house (LF017-009002-). Described in 1793 as 'a very antient inscription, cut in the Irish character on a marble slab, and fixed in the wall of one of the rooms, was removed, or destroyed, by a gentleman who lately resided in the modern house [LF017-009003-], built close to the castle from its ruins' (Anon. 1793, 405). Not located.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 5 July 2012
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
Places near here
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Wild birdsVisitor information · 1.3 mi
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