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At a glance
- TypeHouse - fortified house
- Date or period mentioned1636
What to look for
- Machicolation
- Bawn wall
- Gun loops
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
A four-storey high house, built of roughly coursed rubble, with projecting tower in centre of S wall. Chimney stacks survive on E and W gables.
Full archaeological record 147 words
A four-storey high house, built of roughly coursed rubble, with projecting tower in centre of S wall. Chimney stacks survive on E and W gables. N wall destroyed. Frieplaces in E gable on first, second and third floor. Other features include rectangular chamfered limestone windows, a machicolation on top level over the doorway, and three spouts projecting from top of S wall. Remains of rectangular shaped bawn (LA015-021001-) with splayed gun loops and out buildings in NE angle survive, and also a gatehouse in centre of S wall.
Cloncourse castle was built by the O'Duigin's in 1636 according to its datestone (LA016-019001-) now at Mondrehid House which was built near the site of Mondrehid Castle (LA016-019----). This slab was taken from Cloncourse Castle and taken to the garden of Mondrehid House, the datestone has the inscription which reads 'I.H.S. 1636 I.N.R.I. JOHN' (Carrigan 1905, vol. 2, 134)
Archaeological Survey of Ireland, National Monuments Service (CC BY 4.0) · Updated 17 December 2007 · Based on the Archaeological Inventory of County Laois. It describes the site as it was when surveyed.
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