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Derrydonnell More, County Galway, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Building, Derrydonnell More, County Galway, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Derrydonnell More
County
Galway
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.27514, -8.82232
SMR number
GA095-028003-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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

Built on the line of the NE wall of the inner bawn (GA095-028001-) surrounding 'Derrydonnell Castle' (GA095-028----), this rectangular building (max. dims. c. 12m NE-SW; c. 8m NW-SE) is partially levelled; its NE half is best preserved. Robbed-out opposing doorways are visible in the NW and SE walls. The interior is covered with rubble. Cody (1989, 366) noted that the position of the building, at a point where it would have blocked the covering fire from the N side of the E angle tower, indicated that it was of later date than the castle. He further noted that the presence of a large rectangular window ope in the SE wall contrasted sharply with 'the security consciousness evidenced by the narrow loops of the tower-house' (ibid.)

Compiled by: Olive Alcock

Date of upload: 14 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 Unpublished MA thesis, University College Galway.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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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