Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - unclassified
Newcastle (rahoon Par.), County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Newcastle (rahoon Par.)
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- SMR number
- GA094-040----
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The National Monuments Service's description
On W bank of River Corrib opposite Terryland Castle (GA082-080001-) close to the site of a possible fording point (GA082-090----). In existence in 1574 when it was in the possession of Martin Lynch (Nolan 1901, 115). Described in the Down Survey of 1655-6 as 'a small castle and a thatch cabin within a baune or stone-wall'. Evidently still extant in late 18th C, but a brewery was built on the site shortly afterwards. Fragments of a stout wall and an ivy-clad circular angle-tower or dovecote (D 3.25m, H c. 4m: GA094-040----) in the grounds of UCG may be the last vestiges of the bawn (Walsh 1990b).
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. I - West Galway'. Compiled by Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993).
Date of upload: 05 August 2010