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Castle - unclassified

Ballinlena, County Mayo, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Castle - unclassified, Ballinlena, County Mayo, 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
Ballinlena
County
Mayo
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Kilcummin Castle
Latest-edition OS map
Kilcummin Castle (Site of)
Coordinates
54.27778, -9.21059
SMR number
MA008-005----

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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)
  • 1841 · 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

Located on the SE side of Benwee or Kilcummin Head, c. 200m from the rocky shoreline overlooking Killala Bay.
A rectangular building named ‘Kilcummin Castle’ is indicated on the 1838 OS 6-inch map, with a cluster of vernacular buildings shown immediately to W and N of it; it is not shown on the 25-inch plan and the 1922 OS 6-inch map, where the location is marked as ‘Kilcummin Castle (Site of)’. There are no visible remains of the castle. A number of large quoin stones with rough hammer dressing are evident in the wall of a ruined vernacular stone cottage at this location; it is possible that these stones were salvaged from the ruined castle. There is a holy well (MA008-004001-) c. 10-15m to N, and a church (MA008-006001-) and graveyard (MA008-006007-) c. 20m to S.

Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy

Date of upload: 15 July 2019

Nearby in the register

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

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