Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - unclassified
Derrineel (athlone North By.), County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Derrineel (athlone North By.)
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.58818, -8.20795
- SMR number
- RO041-102----
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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 is marked at Dererelle on the Strafford map of c. 1636 (Simington 1949, Athlone (435)), and it is situated on a level landscape c. 50m from the E bank of the S-N Hind River near its source. It is locally called Neal's castle or Neill's castle. The N wall (int. L 6.35m; T 1.4m; max. H 3m) an adjacent portion of the E (int. L 2m) wall, and the adjacent part of the base of the W (int. L 1.4m; T 1.1m) survive with no diagnostic features.
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
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.