Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
House - 18th/19th century
Roo West, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Roo West
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Trough Castle (in Ruins)
- Coordinates
- 52.73065, -8.61158
- SMR number
- CL053-051----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1868 · 4. Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
The building recorded as ‘Trough Castle (in Ruins)’ on the OS 6-inch map (1939) was built in the 19th century by a member of the O’Donnell family. It takes its name from the castle of that name, the ruin of which lies c. 1.1km to the NW (CL053-029----) (pers. comm. Martin Breen, 15 December 2014).
Compiled by: Paul Walsh
Date of upload: 17 December 2014
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.