What is recorded here
There is no St. Josephs Asylum for the Blind in the facts. The unknown gatehouse at Drum Conragh may have been a guard chamber, a tax office or a forgotten doorway.
The Civil survey (1654-6) mentions a gatehouse associated with a castle at Drum Conragh( DU018-015001-) in 1654 (Simington 1945, 180). The exact location of this monument is unknown.
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout
Upload date: 30 September 2011
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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