Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Bawn
Cloghan Demesne, County Offaly, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cloghan Demesne
- County
- Offaly
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Cloghan Castle
- Coordinates
- 53.15842, -8.04170
- SMR number
- OF029-008003-
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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 overlooking the low-lying floodplains of the river Shannon to the S. Well preserved rectangular tower house (OF029-008001-) four storeys high which has been greatly modified with a later building attached to the E side of the tower. The bawn wall (int. dims 12.85m E-W; 44m N-S) has also been modified on the SW angle where an 18th-century square flanking tower and outhouses were inserted. Originally the bawn ran northwards from the NW angle of the tower returning eastwards then returning southwards then westwards and then northwards where it joined the tower at the SW angle. Three original flanking towers survive along with the wall walk. Probably dating to the period of rebuilding after the castle was destroyed by the Elizabethan army in 1595 (JRSAI 1862, 188-9).
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
- Sheela-na-gigunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.