Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Building
Derrydonnell More, County Galway, Ireland
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-
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
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 Unpublished MA thesis, University College Galway.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
- Bawnunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 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.