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At a glance
- TypeCastle - tower house
- Date or period mentioned17th-century
What to look for
- Vaulted floor
Picked out from the Archaeological Survey description below.
Can you visit?
- No source says it is open to the public.Most monuments in Ireland stand on private farmland.
- Ask the landowner before crossing fields, close gates, leave the stones as you find them.Visiting responsibly
History and description
Incorporated into the N corner of a later, 17th-century house. A barrel-vaulted rectangular structure (int. 8.7m NNE-SSE; 3.6m ESE-WNW) is built of rubble masonry (wall T. 1.2m) without a base batter.
Full archaeological record 85 words
Incorporated into the N corner of a later, 17th-century house. A barrel-vaulted rectangular structure (int. 8.7m NNE-SSE; 3.6m ESE-WNW) is built of rubble masonry (wall T. 1.2m) without a base batter. A square-headed doorway at the N end of the ESE sidewall, currently giving access to the later building, may be original, while a wider doorway in the WNW sidewall appears to be a later insertion. There are traces of a blocked loop in the WNW side wall and also in the NNE gable wall.
Archaeological Survey of Ireland, National Monuments Service (CC BY 4.0) · Compiled by Gearóid Conroy · Updated 12 November 2013. It describes the site as it was when surveyed.
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