Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
House - 16th/17th century
Clegna, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Clegna
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Coothall
- Latest-edition OS map
- Castle (Site of)
- Coordinates
- 53.98421, -8.16192
- SMR number
- RO007-015001-
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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
Built, probably c. 1600-1610, by Sir Charles Coote. His son, Sir Charles, was besieged here by Con O'Rourke in 1641 and again in 1643 by John Burke, both of whom failed to capture it. The original house was burned in 1798, being replaced by a farmhouse which is still occupied. It is situated on a rise overlooking the NW-SE Boyle river, c. 150m to the SW.
The remains consist of the square bawn (RO007-015002-). A fragment of the original house consisting of a chimney stack straddles the line of the S bawn wall, where the original entrance to the bawn was probably located. (Grose 1791, 82-4; D'Alton 1845, 118-9)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
References
Grose, F. 1791 The antiquities of Ireland, 2 vols. London. S. Hooper.
D'Alton, J. 1845 The history of Ireland: from the earliest period to the year 1245. 2 vol. Dublin, Author.
Nearby in the register
- Bawnunder 1 mi
- Bridgeunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.