Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - tower house
Birmingham Demesne, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Birmingham Demesne
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Castle (in ruins)
- Latest-edition OS map
- Castle (Site of)
- Coordinates
- 53.52507, -8.80266
- SMR number
- GA030-015----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In gently undulating pastureland, formerly part of Birmingham Demesne. Marked on OS 6-inch maps as both a 'Castle' and a 'Court'. What survives is an overgrown rectangular platform of earth and stone (L 48m, Wth 40m) defined by a steep scarp (H c. 3-4m). On the crest of the scarp are the intermittent foundation lines of a wall; probably a bawn. The outlines of at least five conjoined rectangular buildings are identifiable along NE side. A separate rectangular building is visible in S corner, immediately outside the bawn wall. Traces of a collapsed vault are visible within it, suggesting that this may be the remains of a tower.
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
- Bawnunder 1 mi
- Country houseunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.