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Castle - tower house

Ballycorus, County Dublin, Ireland

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Townland
Ballycorus
County
Dublin
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Ballycorus castle Site of
Coordinates
53.22626, -6.17183
SMR number
DU026-044001-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The National Monuments Service's description

The site of tower house is located on the lower NW slopes of Carrickgollogan overlooking the Loughlinstown river valley. A manuscript map accompanying the OS Memoranda shows a rectangular plan of a building and the monument is depicted on the First OS 6 inch map as a rectangular structure with divided by an internal wall. It is shown on the Down Survey (1655-6) map as a tower house. Described as a castle in the Civil survey (1654-6) the proprietor of which died a half year before the Rebellion (Simington 1945, 275). The Down Survey (1655-6) map also shows a dwelling beside the castle. It had been argued that was the 'large hall' mentioned in the Civil Survey (Simington 1945, 275), but it has since been established that this was a misreading of the reference which in fact refers to Shanganagh Castle (DU026-120----) and not to Ballycorus. There are no visible traces of this site above ground.

Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy.

Revised upload on: 15 April 2018.

References

Simington, R.C. (ed.) 1945 The Civil survey, AD 1654-1656. Vol. VII: county of Dublin. Dublin. Irish Manuscripts Commission.

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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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