Roskeen Castle (in Ruins) — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

Roskeen Castle stood as an L-shaped tower house on high ground in County Laois, marked clearly on the 1841 edition of the OS 6-inch map. Its walls have since collapsed into grass-covered foundations, hiding the chamber where people once lived from the sky. The castle dropped out of human memory, leaving only a shape in the earth that waits for someone to remember it.

Marked on the 1841 edition of the OS 6-inch map. Situated atop high ground site has been levelled and appears as grass-covered wall foundations. Depicted on first edition of the OS 6-inch map as an L-shaped building with its long axis orienated on an E-W axis. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Laois' (Dublin Stationery Office, 1995) compiled by P. David Sweetman, Olive Alcock and Bernie Moran. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 17 December 2007

Roskeen Castle was likely built in the 17th or 18th century by a local landholding family, though specific builders or occupants are not recorded. Its importance lies in its representation of early Scottish domestic or defensive architecture, now preserved only as ruins and map records.

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