Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - unclassified
Aghancarra, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Aghancarra
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Castlecarra
- Latest-edition OS map
- Castlecarra
- Coordinates
- 53.95556, -8.06265
- SMR number
- LE031-009----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated in a flat low-lying position between drumlins. A house is described as Castlecarra or the castle of the rock in italic lettering on the 1835 and 1945 editions of the OS 6-inch map indicating the possible location of a castle. The original building, which had belonged to a family called Vaughan, was demolished in the 1960s and is said locally to have been of red brick. There is no visible surface evidence of an antiquity and no documentary evidence of one
The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of revised upload: 14 October 2019
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.