Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - unclassified
Castleland, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Castleland
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.77969, -8.25354
- SMR number
- RO022-114001-
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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
On a slight rise in a low-lying position on the NW bank of the SW-NE Ogulla River, c. 30m to the SE. It was thought that this was the castle built by O'Conor Roe in 1406 (Gormley 1989, 33-4), but this is now likely to be the tower house (RO022-114011-) at the rath (RO022-114003-).
This is a circular grass-covered rubble mound with an irregular surface (diam. 26m E-W; 24m N-S; H 1.5m at N to 3.5m at S). Cut stones from a window were found in 1987 and re-buried (SMR file). Archaeological testing (04E0939) c. 100m to the SW in Grange townland failed to recover any related archaeological material (Read 2007). Rath (RO022-114003-) is c. 60m to the SE and the priory (RO022-114006-) is c. 120m to the SSW, on the other side of the stream.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
References
Gormley, M. (compiler) 1989 Tulsk parish in historic Maigh Aí. Aspects of its history and folklore. Author
Read, C. 2007 Grange: no archaeologicl significance. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2004: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 378, No. 1460. Dublin. Wordwell.
SMR file - Sites and monuments record files in the National Monuments Service, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage.
Nearby in the register
- Historic townunder 1 mi
- Wellunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.