Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - unclassified
Ballinderry, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballinderry
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.70787, -8.19981
- SMR number
- RO035-009003-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
The castle of Ballenderry was held by Edward White in 1585 (Freeman 1936, 164), but had been lost by him to rebels by 1596 (Cronin 1980, 117). On a gentle N-facing slope. According to Gannon (1972), the rath (RO035-009001-) was locally regarded a castle and the rectangular structure in the interior was probably it. It is no longer extant.
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. 13/1983).
References
Gannon, A. 1972 Archaeological survey of Roscommon. Unpublished typed index cards prepared for Roscommon County Council.
Freeman, A.M. (ed.) 1936 The Compossicion Booke of Conought. Dublin. Stationery Office.
Cronin, T. 1980 The Elizabethan colony in Co. Roscommon. In Murtagh, H. Irish midland studies: essays in commemoration of N.W. English, 107-20. Old Athlone Society.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.