Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - tower house
Mocorha, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Mocorha
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Mocorha Castle in ruins
- Latest-edition OS map
- Mocorha Castle (in Ruins)
- Coordinates
- 53.52892, -9.15423
- SMR number
- MA121-150----
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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
Rectangular tower (12.3m N-S; 10.1m E-W), on N-facing slope, in pasture. Ground floor survives; filled with rubble and roofed by poor remains of vaulted ceiling. Ground floor divided into two rooms, the smaller on the S end. Part of splayed window in an arched recess on external face of W wall. Owned by Brian boy MacDonnell in 1574 (Knox 1908, 347).
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. 720.
Date of upload: 14 January 2015
References
Knox, H.T. 1908 The History of the County of Mayo to the close of the 17th century. Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.