Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - unclassified
Ballyclare, County Offaly, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyclare
- County
- Offaly
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.26350, -7.84564
- SMR number
- OF014-050----
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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
Medieval cut limestone with punch dressed surface from Ballyclare Castle now incorporated into the ruins of a post-medieval brick vaulted building standing on the banks of the Brosna River. Castle site may have been located on site of or in close proximity to the post-medieval vaulted building. Ballyclare Castle listed by De Renzy as a castle in Baile an Klar or Baile Clar along the Brosna River between Gallen and Ballysheil (Kerrigan 1998, 431).
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 and revised by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of revised upload: 22 June 2016
References
Kerrigan, P.M. 1998 Castles and fortifications in county Offaly c. 1500-1815. In W. Nolan and T.P. O'Neill (eds), Offaly: History and Society, 385-415. Dublin. Geography Publications.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.