Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - unclassified
Skrine, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Skrine
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.55280, -8.16851
- SMR number
- RO041-116----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
At the crest of the NW-facing slope of a hill. Known locally to have been an O'Kelly castle, there are no historical references except that in 1641 136 acres there were owned by William Roe Mc Rory Kelly and John Mc Colla Kelly (Simington 1949, 120). Rectangular grass-covered mound (dims 24m NE-SW; 23.5m NW-SE; max. H 2m) of earth and stone with numerous quarry holes, but no wall faces can be seen.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of revised upload: 28 November 2018
References
Simington, R.C. (ed.) 1949 Books of survey and distribution. County of Roscommon. Dublin. Stationery Office.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.