Bawn

The National Monuments Service's description

On a low knoll with a small N-S stream immediately to W, which joins a NW-SE stream c. 100m to S. References to Castlemore, the principal castles of the Costellos date from 1336 to 1595, and it may be the castle of Lugha razed by O'Conor in 1270 (Lynn 1986, 98-100).
The castle (RO008-032001-) stands inside the perimeter at the NW angle of the rectangular enclosure (dims 45m E-W; c. 30m N-S) defined by a wall (T 0.9m; ext. H 1.4m) at N, but the S part of the enclosure has been damaged by quarrying and at least one hut site (RO008-032003-) defined by a grass-covered stone spread (Wth 1.7-2.8m; H 0.5-0.9m) is within it. Test excavations (97E0268; 98E0325; 06E0121) in the vicinity failed to produce archaeological material (Walsh 1998; Morahan 1998; Henry 2009b).

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 24 August 2010

This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 4/1979).

References

Walsh, G. 1998 Glebe. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 1997: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 151, No. 454. Bray. Wordwell.

Henry, M. 2009b Knockanaconny: no archaeological significance. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2006: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 461, No. 1738. Dublin. Wordwell.

Morahan, L. 2000 Glebe in I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 1998: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 178. Bray. Wordwell.

Lynn, C.J. 1986 Some 13th-century castle sites in the west of Ireland: note on a preliminary reconnaissance. Journal of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society 40, 90-113.