Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Quarry
Ballinlig (athlone North By., Fuerty Ed), County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballinlig (athlone North By., Fuerty Ed)
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.59877, -8.27453
- SMR number
- RO041-007005-
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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
A castle at Ballinlugge is marked on the Strafford map of c. 1636 (Simington 1949, Athlone (489)). Situated on a shelf on a N-facing slope overlooking a turlough c. 120m to the N. The castle (RO041-007002-) is surrounded by an open area (dims c. 80m N-S; c. 50m E-W), but the SW corner of the open space is occupied by a sub-rectangular grass-covered quarry (dims 31m E-W; 23m N-S; max. D 1m), which might have supplied stone for the Castle or the lime-kiln (RO041-007004-).
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
References
Simington, R.C. (ed.) 1949 Books of survey and distribution. County of Roscommon. Dublin. Stationery Office.
Nearby in the register
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Kiln - limeunder 1 mi
- Road - road/trackwayunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.