Castle - unclassified

The National Monuments Service's description

Not visible at ground level. Mac Coghlan castle built about 1500 AD, mentioned in the Annals of the Four Masters in the year 1520 (ITA Survey 1942). (Cooke 1875, 335-9; O' Flanagan 1933, vol. 1, 58-9) Trial-trenching was carried out by Anne Carey under licence No. 07E0827 on 17 August 2007 at the site of a proposed agricultural outbuilding. Four trial-trenches were excavated on the site. No artefacts or features of archaeological interest were recorded during the testing (Bennett 2010, 402-03).

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.

Compiled by Caimin O'Brien

Date of upload/revision: 8 November 2011

References

O'Flanagan, Rev. M. (Compiler) 1933 Letters containing information relative to the antiquities of the King's County collected during the progress of the Ordnance Survey in 1839. Bray.

Irish Tourist Association. Surveys undertaken in the 1940s for the Irish Tourist Association (now Fáilte Ireland) relating to ‘Natural features, antiquities, historic associations etc.' Extracts from these surveys were copied into the Topographical files of the Office of Public Works and these have been incorporated into the Sites and Monuments Record files (National Monuments Service).