Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - unclassified
Drumcrow (ballyhaise Ed), County Cavan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Drumcrow (ballyhaise Ed)
- County
- Cavan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Ballyhaise Ho.
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.05158, -7.31172
- SMR number
- CV016-052001-
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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
A castle was apparently erected by John Taylor at Ballyhaise c. 1610, on the instruction of the Lord Deputy. Although there are now no visible remains of this structure, Davies (1948a, 111-12) described it as a 'timber house' probably built on the site of the present Ballyhaise House, which itself was partly constructed in 1705. It is situated on a gentle slope commanding a view of the Annalee River and a ford upon which a bridge was built in the early 18th century.
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: 22 December 2008
References
Davies, O. 1948 The castles of county Cavan, Part 2. Ulster Journal of Archaeology 11, 80-126.
Nearby in the register
- Bridgeunder 1 mi
- Barrow - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.