Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - unclassified
Shanclogh, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Shanclogh
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Castle (in ruins)
- Latest-edition OS map
- Castle (Site of)
- Coordinates
- 54.04399, -9.16575
- SMR number
- MA039-100----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In level lowlying pasture, overlooked by a ridge of higher ground to NE.
A rectangular building (c. 14m N–S; c. 10m E–W), annotated ‘Castle (in ruins)’ is shown on the 1838 OS 6-inch map; it is not shown on later editions, where the location is marked ‘Castle (Site of).
No visible surface trace. A low rise (20-30m across) is evident at the location, truncated at E by a modern bungalow. According to local tradition, the field was known as ‘Téach Mór’, and stones from the castle were said to have been used to construct local field walls.
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 1 April 2020
Nearby in the register
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- Megalithic tomb - court tombunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.