Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - unclassified
Castlefield, County Offaly, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Castlefield
- County
- Offaly
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Ballymacadam Castle in ruins
- Latest-edition OS map
- Ballymacadam Castle (Site of)
- Coordinates
- 53.12501, -7.66961
- SMR number
- OF036-016----
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 high ground with bog to the N. Only a few protruding stones mark the site of this castle. Impossible to determine its shape or size from the surface evidence. (O' Flanagan 1933, vol. 2, 81)
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
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.
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Millstone quarryunder 1 mi
- Inauguration stone (present location)under 1 mi
- Cross-slab (present location)under 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.