Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - tower house
Dungooly, County Louth, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Dungooly
- County
- Louth
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not ienicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.06780, -6.46933
- SMR number
- LH003-007001-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Possible tower house, illustrated by Wright (1758, bk II, pl. 10) as having two square angle-towers and an arched gateway into a bawn (LH003-007002-). It is said to have been an O'Neill castle located at the highest part of the field (Carolan 1912, 19-20). No visible surface trace.
The above description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 17 July 2007
References
Carolan, Rev. F. 1912 O'Neill's Castle in Dongooly. County Lough Archaeological and Historical Society, Vol. 3, No. 1, 19-20.
Wright, T. 1748 Louthiana: or an introduction to the antiquities of Ireland. London. Thomas Payne.
Nearby in the register
- Bawnunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Kilnunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.