Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - tower house
Ludden More, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ludden More
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Luddenmore Castle (in ruins) (1928)
- Coordinates
- 52.58207, -8.53052
- SMR number
- LI023-006----
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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)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1904 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
In pasture, on top of rise. Only standing remains is ivy-covered stump of NW angle (external L 1.95m N-S; external L 2.7m E-W) of rectangular structure (c. 11m E-W; c. 9m N-S) otherwise reduced to sod-covered banks (Wth c. 1.8m; H c. 1.2m). Small wallpress on inside face of E wall. Most of lower facing is missing on exterior faces. Substantial block of fallen masonry lies immediately S of stump. Earlies mention of castle here mid-16th century when hely by Burke family (Westropp 1906-1907, 92-3).
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 30 October 2013
Nearby in the register
- Bawnunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Road - road/trackwayunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.