What is recorded here

No stones or ditches remain beside the Togher of Croghan, only the flat field where Mary Warren may have held power. She is recorded at Toberdaly nearby, suggesting the castle label slipped across the landscape rather than disappeared from it. The missing structure becomes a trap for certainty, forcing every claim back toward the evidence actually visible.

Located on flat land which was located alongside an important togher marked on the 1838 ed. OS 6-inch map as the 'Togher of Croghan'. No surface trace of castle remains. May have been confused with nearby tower house at Toberdaly (OF011-013----) which was occupied by Mary Warren (Down Survey (1655-6)). The Site of Lady Mary Warrens Castle is depicted at the wrong location on the revised 1909 ed. OS 6-inch map and on the OS 25-inch map. On the 1838 ed. OS 6-inch map the location of the castle is depicted as a rectangular area shown in dotted outline in the adjoining field west of where the castle is depicted on the revised 1909 ed. OS 6-inch map. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 22 June 2016

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