Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Oldcastle, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Oldcastle
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.26578, -8.67397
- SMR number
- GA096-144002-
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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
Associated with a motte and bailey (GA096-144----). Orpen (1916, 39) recorded that 'In the N.W. angle of the bailey, a ring seems to mark the site of a tower, or small circular building [GA096-14001-], while there are traces of an enclosure [GA096-144002-], 12 ft. by 12 ft. [3.6m by 3.6m] close by.' No visible surface trace of these features survives.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 11 December 2019
References
Orpen, G.H. 1915-16 The mote of Oldcastle and the castle of Rathgorgin. Journal of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society 9, 33-44.
Nearby in the register
- Buildingunder 1 mi
- Castle - motte and baileyunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.