Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - unclassified
Tiaquin Demesne, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tiaquin Demesne
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Tiaquin Castle (Site of)
- Coordinates
- 53.36587, -8.64897
- SMR number
- GA072-059----
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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
On a slight rise in undulating pastureland. In existence in 1574 when it was in the possession of 'Melaghlin OKelly' (Nolan 1901b, 122). Described in OS Letters (O'Flanagan 1927, Vol. 1, 256) as the 'butt of the castle that originally bore the name of Tiaquin'. All that survives is an uneven oblong platform (L 24m, Wth 10m), possibly a grassed-over pile of rubble from the castle, upon which large chunks of masonry rubble are visible. The gable of an old house stands close by to S.
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
- Country houseunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.