Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - tower house
Anbally, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Anbally
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Castle (in ruins)
- Latest-edition OS map
- Castle (in Ruins)
- Coordinates
- 53.41794, -8.88747
- SMR number
- GA057-001----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1753 map "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1753 · Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
In low-lying grassland, c. 400m W of the River Clare. In existence in 1461 when it was in the possession of 'Captain Burke' (Nolan 1901a, 37-9). A rectangular three-/four-storey tower (L 12.5m, Wth 11.3m), in fair condition, built on a platform of large boulders. A series of steps lead to the pointed arch doorway in S wall. This is framed by an outer arch between which and the doorway proper in a narrow slit resembling a murder-hold. The guardroom is to W and the spiral stairs to E. A stone vault exists between 1st/2nd floors. Fireplaces are visible in N and S gables and in W wall on 1st floor, and a chimney stack survives on S gable. The garderobe exit chute is visible at the base of E wall. Surviving windows consist of simple slits and a single-light ogee-headed window in W wall. The tower is surrounded by a rectangular inner bawn (L 38m, Wth 31m), extending from S and W walls. A two-storey building survives at S end of W wall of it. An outer bawn (L 100m, Wth 95m) defined by a bank of earth and stone is visible to N, E and S. (CUCAP ATF 13)
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
- Bawnunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.