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Castle - unclassified

Cloonacastle, County Galway, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Castle - unclassified, Cloonacastle, 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
Cloonacastle
County
Galway
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Site of Castle
Latest-edition OS map
Castle (Site of)
Coordinates
53.12694, -8.40179
SMR number
GA116-029001-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · 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

On the summit of a motte (GA116-029----). A castle was in existence here in 1574 when it was labelled 'Dunery' castle, then in the possession of 'Carbery Mc Egan and ye Judges' (Nolan 1901, 111). All that survives is a low subcircular wall foundation (N-S 16m, E-W 15m int.). The wall itself (Wth 0.8m, H 0.6m int.), heavily grass-grown and partially obscured by overgrowth, has been removed in the SE sector. The interior is slightly lower than the exterior.

Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG

Date of upload: 9 December 2019

References

Nolan, J.P. 1901a Galway castles and owners in 1574. Journal of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society 1, 109-23.

Nearby in the register

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

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