Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - unclassified
Castletown (ballycowan By.), County Offaly, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Castletown (ballycowan By.)
- County
- Offaly
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Castle Wetherall in ruins
- Latest-edition OS map
- Castle Wetherall (in Ruins)
- Coordinates
- 53.30691, -7.67673
- SMR number
- OF007-051----
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 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated on a slight rise in undulating countryside. Only a portion of the N wall survives with wall footings elsewhere. The N wall measures 4m high, 5m long and 0.9m thick, with evidence of a chimney flue at W end of N wall. No other architectural features evident. Possible 17th-century date.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 23 May 2011
Nearby in the register
- Bawnunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Architectural fragmentunder 1 mi
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.