Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - unclassified
Roscam, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Roscam
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.26963, -8.97286
- SMR number
- GA094-075----
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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
At 'Pollacushlann' on N shore of Oranmore Bay. In existence in 1574 when it was in the possession of Walter Burke (Nolan 1901, 113). Evidently extant in late 18th C (GBCAS Files) but subsequently demolished in early 19th C to build the small quay which marks the spot today. No visible surface trace survives. (Athy 1914, 154)
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
Nearby in the register
- Cistunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Quarryunder 1 mi
- Designed landscape - follyunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.