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
- 53.26538, -8.67356
- SMR number
- GA096-144003-
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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, 39-40) recorded what seemed to be 'another enclosure … 38 paces' to the E of the fosse of the motte. It was defined by 'a ditch, 12 feet [3.6m] wide, running right across the esker' and 'traces of a rampart and ditch' joined 'this ditch with the mote at the S. side and more faintly at the N'. The latter features were '38 paces' apart. The enclosure is not shown on his plan. On inspection in June 1982 this feature was not noted and it is not visible on aerial imagery. Not precisely located.
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
- Castle - motte and baileyunder 1 mi
- Buildingunder 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.