What is recorded here

No trace remains on the ground, yet the castle still stands drawn on the oldest county map, a phantom limb of Ballinree. The drawing suggests a building large enough to matter, but the earth has taken it back.

No surface trace visible of Loretto Castle which is depicted on the first edition of the 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. Date of upload: 23 May 2011

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