Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Bawn
Ballinderry (clare By.), County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballinderry (clare By.)
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.46328, -8.83533
- SMR number
- GA043-004002-
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 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
‘Ballinderry Castle’ (GA043-004001-) stood on the N edge of a rectangular platform (27m E-W; 25m N-S) defined by a scarp, which may have marked the line of an associated bawn (GA043-004002-). The present wall (c. 39m E-W; c. 25m N-S) surrounding it, with angle towers at SE and SW, dates to the early 2000s. Likewise, the internal rectangular walled area in the SE sector and the internal dividing wall in the SW sector are modern. A series of earthworks (GA043-004004-) may be associated with the castle. (Alcock et al. 1999, 224)
Compiled by: Olive Alcock
Date of upload: 11 November 2022
References
Alcock, O., de Hora, K. and Gosling, P. 1999 Archaeological Inventory of County Galway. Vol. II. North Galway. Dublin. Stationery Office.
Nearby in the register
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Sheela-na-gigunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Buildingunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.