Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - tower house
Cregmore (browne), County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cregmore (browne)
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Castle in ruins
- Latest-edition OS map
- Castle (in Ruins)
- Coordinates
- 53.61312, -9.15764
- SMR number
- MA118-035----
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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
On high rocky area with small turlough to E. Poorly preserved remains of rectangular tower (8.5m N-S; 8m E-W), constructed of roughly coursed masonry. SW angle with well-dressed quoins survives (H 2.5m), with slight returns to S and W. Batter on S wall. Barrel vaulted basement is badly damaged and contains much rubble infill. Slight traces of spiral stairs remain in SW corner. Tower; stands at E end of small bawn (15m X 15m); enclosed by larger bawn (62m N-S; 52m E-W) containing corner tower (H 2m) in NE.
The above description has been derived from D. Lavelle (compiler), An Archaeological Survey of Ballinrobe and District including Lough Mask and Lough Carra. Lough Mask and Lough Carra Tourist Development Association (1994), No. 715.
Date of upload: 19 November 2013
Nearby in the register
- Bawnunder 1 mi
- Bawnunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.