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House - 18th/19th century

Oiligh, County Mayo, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of House - 18th/19th century, Oiligh, 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
Oiligh
County
Mayo
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Bingham Castle
Latest-edition OS map
Bingham Castle
Coordinates
54.15199, -10.08451
SMR number
MA024-002001-

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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 Mullet Peninsula, in flat pasture bordering the shoreline on the S side of Elly Harbour. This house was built in the late 1790’s/early1800’s by Denis Bingham, a younger son of the Bingham family, who settled on the Mullet Peninsula in the late 1790’s. It was built in castellated style, with a range of out-offices, including a chapel of easy (MA024-002004-), arranged around a courtyard at W, and extensive estate walls embellished with five towers (MA024-002002-; MA024-002003-; MA024-003----; MA024-004----; MA024-005----). Formal gardens, shown on the 1838 OS 6-inch map, were laid out to E and S of the house. It was abandoned by the Binghams in 1925. A process of gradual demolition was begun in 1929, and only slight remains are now visible.

Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy

Date of upload: 28 January 2015

Nearby in the register

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

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