Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - unclassified
Cottage (costello By.), County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cottage (costello By.)
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- SMR number
- MA103-053001-
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The National Monuments Service's description
Knox (1911, 328) recorded a possible castle at the NW end of Cottage townland. It was associated with earthworks (MA103-053002-) consisting of a complex of large rectangular enclosures defined by banks/ramparts and ditches. His scale plan shows a semicircular feature marked 'H' at the junction of two of the enclosures, which he describes as follows: 'H is an excavation, the site of a castle.' It would seem there were no extant remains of a castle, and his evidence for its existence must have been based on local tradition or hearsay. He described that the location as 'close to Cottage Bridge over the Clare River, and close to the site of an old church [MA103-052----] called Kilthooye. Bellaveel Castle [MA103-051----] was on the opposite side of the river.'
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 15 November 2022
References
Knox, H.T. 1911 The Croghans and Some Connacht Raths and Cashels. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 41, 93-116, 205-40, 301-42.