Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - unclassified
Castlefield, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Castlefield
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.71587, -8.57165
- SMR number
- GA001-009----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In gently undulating pastureland. According to local information, a castle was situated within one of two hollows within the field. No visible surface trace survives.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999).
Date of upload: 05 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Quarryunder 1 mi
- Children's burial ground1 mi
- Church1 mi
- Earthwork1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.