Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Bastioned fort
Bellspark,mocmoyne, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Bellspark,mocmoyne
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.97528, -8.30581
- SMR number
- RO006-068001-
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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
The fort was built by Bingley and King in 1607 (Cal. SP Ire, 150), and it had a garrison of 94 in 1659 (Pender 1939). It is situated on a commanding height overlooking the town of Boyle. Rectangular grass-covered but poached area (dims 72m N-S; 57m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth c. 13m; int. H 0.8-1m; ext. H 1.5-1.9m) with five triangular bastions visible as raised platforms (dims. 11-16m x 8-9m). There are traces of an outer fosse (Wth of base 5-7m; D 0.4m at E to 1m at N) on the W, N and E sides. The E bastion incorporates the barrow (RO006-068002-). (O'Conor, 2007, 194-5)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
References
Pender, S. (ed.) 2002 A census of Ireland circa 1659. Dublin. Irish Manuscripts Commission.
Cal. S.P. Ire. - Calendar of the state papers relating to Ireland, 1509-1670 [etc.] (24 vols., London 1860-1911).
O'Conor, K. 2007 English settlement and change in Roscommon during the late sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. in Horning, A., Ó Baoill, R., Donnelly, C., Logue, P. (eds) The Post Medieval Archaeology of Ireland 1550-1850, 189-203.
Nearby in the register
- Barrow - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- House - 18th/19th centuryunder 1 mi
- Historic townunder 1 mi
- Field boundaryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.