Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Bawn
Derrydonnell More, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Derrydonnell More
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.27509, -8.82245
- SMR number
- GA095-028001-
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
This small rectangular bawn (c. 20m NE-SW; c. 16m NW-SE) surrounds 'Derrydonnell Castle' (GA095-028----). Cody (1989, 365-6) recorded that the walls were c. 3m distant from from the castle on all sides and that it was constructed of roughly coursed mortarted rubble. The walls (H 2.5-3m; Wth 1m) survived in a fair state along most of the SE, SW and NW sides. The NE side was greatly collapsed where a later building (GA095-028003-) extended off it. Sections of collapse also occurred along the S end of the SW side and mid-way along the SE side. Angle bastions were visible at E and W. There were five gun loops in both and two further examples were visible close to the W bastion, one in the SW wall and one in the NW wall. On re-inspection in February 2005, it was found that the SW wall had been damaged as a result of land-improvement works in the area. Another larger bawn (GA095-028001-) extends off the NW side of this bawn.
Compiled by: Olive Alcock
Date of upload: 13 July 2023
References
Cody, E. 1989 An archaeological survey of the barony of Athenry, Co. Galway. Unpublished MA thesis, University College Galway.
Nearby in the register
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Buildingunder 1 mi
- Bawnunder 1 mi
- Settlement deserted - medievalunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.