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At a glance
- TypeCastle - unclassified
- StatusNational Monument
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
In flat pastureland within a moated site (GA074-027002-). In existence in 1574 when it was in the possession of 'Shane ne Moy' (Nolan 1901b, 110).
Full archaeological record 57 words
In flat pastureland within a moated site (GA074-027002-). In existence in 1574 when it was in the possession of 'Shane ne Moy' (Nolan 1901b, 110). The OS Letters (O'Flanagan 1927, Vol. 1, 534) note that 'the foundations only are now to be seen'. Apart from a series of banks, mounds and depressions, no visible surface trace survives.
References
- The monument was taken into Ownership under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 - National Monument 563.
Archaeological Survey of Ireland, National Monuments Service (CC BY 4.0) · Updated 05 August 2010 · Based on the Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling. It describes the site as it was when surveyed.
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