Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - unclassified
Grilly, County Cavan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Grilly
- County
- Cavan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Grilly Castle in Ruins
- Latest-edition OS map
- Grilly Castle (Site of)
- Coordinates
- 54.10921, -7.41520
- SMR number
- CV011-018----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Depicted as a large building (dims c. 20m E-W; c. 10m N-S) perhaps with a wide projection on the N side, and described as Grilly Castle in Ruins on the 1835 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and as (Site of) on subsequent eds. It is situated on the W slope of a drumlin and on the S side of an old road to Belturbet. Possibly an O'Reilly stronghold. Although there are now no visible remains of this monument at ground level, an earlier account (Davies 1947a, 91) noted some grassed-over mounds possibly marking the outline of a small building. During land clearance in the vicinity in the early 1980s red brick and rubble were uncovered (local information).
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1995). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 22 December 2008
References
Davies, O. 1947a The castles of county Cavan. Part 1. Ulster Journal of Archaeology 11, 74-100.
Nearby in the register
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Religious house - unclassified1 mi
- Graveyard1 mi
- Bullaun stone1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.