Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - unclassified
Castlecarragh, County Louth, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Castlecarragh
- County
- Louth
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- SMR number
- LH008-101----
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The National Monuments Service's description
There is a local tradition of castle site beside a lake. Marked as the site of 'Castle Carragh' on Taylor and Skinner's map of 1777, but it is depicted as a small house. The precise location is not known and it is not marked on the 1778 edition of Taylor and Skinner's map.
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 revision: 9 May 2016
References
Taylor and Skinner 1778 (Reprint 1969) Maps of the Roads of Ireland. Shannon. Irish University Press.
Taylor and Skinner 1777 Road map of Ireland. Reproduced by the County Louth Archaeological Society, 1982.