House - 16th/17th century

The National Monuments Service's description

On the E-facing slope of Cregga Hill. Cregga was acquired by McDermot Roe in 1661 (Kennedy 2000, 80-1) and the house may have been built thereafter. Cregga House is depicted as an occupied U-shaped building with two wings extending to the SW on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. The SW wing survives as a vaulted chamber (int. dims 5.5m NE-SW; 3m NW-SE; H 2.2m) which had an upper floor. It communicated by a doorway (Wth 1.23m; H 1.6m) in its NE wall with the rest of the house which is now represented by a grass-covered mound (dims c. 25m NE-SW; c. 5.5m NW-SE; max. H 1.5m). Three rooms and a passageway (Wth 2.3m) leading through the house to a yard (dims 12m NE-SW; 5m NW-SE) between the wings can be identified in the mound. The NW wing, which survives as a featureless NW gable and a SW wall (Wth 0.6m; H 1.8m) with one window, appears to be later than the rest of the structure. An underground store (int. dims 3.3m ENE-WSW; 1.2m NNW-SSE; H 0.9m) with a corbelled roof is no longer visible. Dovecote (RO023-201----) is c. 20m to the SSE, and tower house (RO023-200001-) is c. 100m to the W.

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 24 August 2010

References

Kennedy, M. 2000 The highs and lows of the Cregga Hills. Journal of the Roscommon Historical and Archaeological Society 8, 80-2.