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Ballintober, County Roscommon, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Building, Ballintober, County Roscommon, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Ballintober
County
Roscommon
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.72238, -8.41514
SMR number
RO027-048022-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

A programme of excavation (15E0232) over four seasons along the site of the E curtain wall of the castle uncovered the rear wall of the SE angle tower but the NE tower proved more complex. The W wall of an intrusive rectangular building (ext. dims 13.9m N-S; 9.1m E-W; int. dims 5.1m E-W; 10m N-S) with strong walls (Wth 2-2.1m) extends S from the NE tower. Its E wall is almost entirely missing, although the building had at least one E-W cross-wall, and its N wall overlay a footing of the S wall of the NE tower. The NE tower might have had no rear wall but its lower level descended into the fosse on the E side of the castle, and the outer face of the E curtain wall was detected outside and beneath the E wall of the intrusive building. The building has a doorway (Wth 1.34m) opening inwards towards the S end of the W wall, and a coin of 1554-8 suggests that it might have been constructed in the late sixteenth century. A pre-existing tower (ext. dims c. 6m N-S; 4.1m E-W) with a base-batter which is outside the doorway in the W wall of the intrusive building has a W-E passage with a drain beneath at ground floor level. (Brady et al. 2016, 15-20; 2017, 12-17; 2018 16-33)

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload; 24 November 2020

References

Brady, N., Connell, S., Cearley, D. and A. Blair 2018a Archaeological Excavation and Survey. Ballintober Castle and precinct, Ballintober, Co. Roscommon. Licences: 15E0232; 15R0051. 2017 season. Unpublished report. Castles in Communities: medieval Ireland Past and Present

Brady, N., Connell, S., Maurer, K., Cearley, D. and L. Conyers 2017 Archaeological Excavation and Survey. Ballintober Castle and precinct, Ballintober, Co. Roscommon. Licences: 15E0232; 15R0051. 2016 season. Unpublished report. Castles in Communities: medieval Ireland Past and Present

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