Site of Castle Coote — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

Castle Coote, which once stood in the shadow of Ash Hill Towers, has vanished entirely from the landscape. Maps drawn decades apart record its disappearance: a walled rectangle with a corner building in 1840, a broken L-shaped scar in 1897, and nothing at all today. The land swallowed the castle, and the castle stopped resisting. What remains is a flat field where memory should have held its shape, proof that even stone must eventually leave the world behind.

To the W of Charleville Road , within the former demesne lands of Ash Hill Towers, that lies 300m to the WSW. Site of Castle Coote (LI047-021002-) indicated in centre of earthwork. Depicted on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map as a rectangular shaped field or walled area with small rectangular shaped building in NW corner. On the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map the rectangular shaped field has been partially levelled and only a section of the N and E sides of survive as an L-shaped earthwork (dims. c. 39m NE-SW; 37m NW-SE ). May be the remains of a levelled bawn wall that enclosed the 'Site of Castle Coote' (LI047-021002-). No surface remains visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 or on Google Earth orthoimages. See attached Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 30 August 2021

Built by the Coote family in the 17th century, Castle Coote was an important local stronghold associated with a prominent Anglo-Irish family. It is remembered for its historical connection to the Coote baronets and its presence on early Ordnance Survey maps.

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