Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Bawn
Lougheask Demesne, County Donegal, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lougheask Demesne
- County
- Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Outlined
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.68972, -8.06213
- SMR number
- DG094-006001-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1881 "Ireland to Illustrate the Military Condition of the Country." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
This ruined tower-house (DG094-007-) of the O'Donnells is situated near the edge of the wood in Lougheask Demesne and is almost totally obscured by ivy and vegetation. On the 1834 edition of the OS 6-inch map the castle is shown located in the NW quadrant of a large ploygonal shaped enclosure which may be the remains of a possible bawn. This possible bawn is not indicated on subsequent editions of the OS 6-inch maps.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload/revision : 09 September 2010
Nearby in the register
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- House - 18th/19th centuryunder 1 mi
- Inscribed stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.