Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - tower house
Bracklin Big, County Offaly, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Bracklin Big
- County
- Offaly
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Bracklin Castle (in Ruins)
- Latest-edition OS map
- Bracklin Castle (in Ruins)
- Coordinates
- 53.32488, -7.41989
- SMR number
- OF009-019001-
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 in poorly drained low-lying land on low natural mound with nearby church (OF009-019002-) to SE. All that remains are two poorly preserved low walls, the E wall running N-S and the S wall running E-W. The structure was probably a Tower house built with uncoursed limestone rubble. The E wall is 8.5m long with an int. H of 2m. The S wall is 4m in length. The structure itself seems to lie on the E side of the mound, which is defined by a number of irregular earthworks. The bawn area seems to be located to the W of the Tower house. Depicted as a small square shaped building on the OS 6-inch map.
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
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Castle - motte and baileyunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.