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Bawn

Castlepark, County Galway, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Bawn, Castlepark, 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
Castlepark
County
Galway
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.15834, -8.71887
SMR number
GA114-054001-

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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

This rectangular bawn (c. 62m NNW-SSE; c. 54m ENE-WSW) is associated with ‘Isert Kelly Castle’ (GA114-054----) which occupies it S corner. It is defined by a grassed-over tumbled stone wall (Wth 0.68m; int. H 0.7m; ext. H 0.53m), which is visible all round. Traces of inner and outer wall-facing survive intermittently. Stone-lined entrance gaps are evident in the S (Wth 1.56m) and W (Wth 2.57m) walls. A rectangular building (L 18.3m; Wth 8.4m), also defined by grassed-over tumbled stone walls, in the SE corner may be the remains of an associated banqueting hall. A small section of the masonry of its N wall has collapsed intact into its interior. A NE-SW flowing stream to the E of the bawn appears to have been channelled around it to form a moat-like feature along its E and S sides. Boulders visible along both banks suggest it was stone-faced. No clear trace of the ‘moat’ is evident along the W and N sides but a change in vegetation colour suggests it line. An enclosure (GA114-054002-) extending off the N side may be associated. Since 2014 the bawn has the subject of on-going research excavations being carried out by Dr Rory Sherlock, Galway Archaeological Field School (see https://excavations.ie/report/2017/Galway/0026239/ last accessed 11 June 2018).

The following images have been appended:
GA114-054001-_01 N bawn wall from E.jpg
GA114-054001-_02 N end of E bawn wall, from S.jpg
GA114-054001-_03 S bawn wall, from E.jpg
GA114-054001-_04 W bawn wall, from W.jpg
GA114-054001-_05 External wall-facing, W bawn wall.jpg
GA114-054001-_06 Gap in S wall, from S.jpg
GA114-054001-_07 Detail of wall-facing on E side of S gap.jpg
GA114-054001-_08 Gap in W wall, from W.jpg
GA114-054001-_09 Banqueting hall from SW.jpg
GA114-054001-_10 E wall of banqueting hall.jpg
GA114-054001-_11 Possible 'moat' feature on S side, from E.jpg

Compiled by: Olive Alcock

Date of upload: 11 June 2019

References

Sherlock, R. 2017 2017:337 Isert Kelly Castle, Galway. Available at: https://excavations.ie/report/2017/Galway/0026239/ last accessed 11 June 2019.

Nearby in the register

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

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