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At a glance
- TypeCastle - tower house
Picked out from the Archaeological Survey description below.
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- No source says it is open to the public.Most monuments in Ireland stand on private farmland.
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History and description
On slight terrace on the SE slopes of the Dinin river valley. There are good views in all directions across and along valley.
Full archaeological record 94 words
On slight terrace on the SE slopes of the Dinin river valley. There are good views in all directions across and along valley. On the Down Survey (1655-6) Parish map of Mothill, there is a castle drawn in Corbetstown townland, annotated ‘a castle in repaire’. The terrier accompanying the map records, ‘In Corbetstowne a Castle and Cabbins [KK010-119002-]’, with the proprietor listed as ‘Walter Archer Fitz John Ir[ish] Pa[pis]t’. A circular three storey tower house located at the N end of an old farm house within a farmyard. It was demolished in July 1987.
Archaeological Survey of Ireland, National Monuments Service (CC BY 4.0) · Compiled by Jean Farrelly · Updated 19 December 2016. It describes the site as it was when surveyed.
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