Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - unclassified
Carrowkeel (carra By., Turlough Par.), County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carrowkeel (carra By., Turlough Par.)
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Castle in Ruins
- Latest-edition OS map
- Castle (Site of)
- Coordinates
- 53.90818, -9.18292
- SMR number
- MA070-102----
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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 a wide bend of the Clydagh River which curves to flow by the W and N before turning S to flow c. 30m to the E of the monument which is currently located at the N end of a camping and caravan park. Marked ‘Castle in ruins’ on the first edition (1837) of the OS 6-inch map and ‘Castle (Site of)’ on the later, Cassini edition (1920) of the map. A substantial tree-covered, roughly circular mound (base diams. 26m N-S; 24m E-W) is steep-sided along the N (H 2.2m), E (H 3m) and S (H 2.2m) but slopes more gently on the W (H 1.5m). The mound narrows to a fairly level upper surface which is oval shaped in plan (diams. 12m N-S; 5m E-W). No masonry is obviously visible but some is likely to be contained in the body of the mound.
Date of visit: 28-2-2025
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy and Leo Morahan
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.