Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - unclassified
Cloonark, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cloonark
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Castle Quarter
- Latest-edition OS map
- Castle Quarter (Site of)
- Coordinates
- 53.37093, -8.02732
- SMR number
- RO054-007----
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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 Cloonerke is not known, but half a cartron amounting to over 300 acres there was owned by Christopher Jones in 1641. By the 1660s Lord Kingston is listed as the owner of most of it (Simington 1949, 95). A small rectangular structure (dims c. 10m NW-SE; c. 5m NE-SW), described as ‘Castle Quarter’ in gothic lettering, is marked on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. It is situated on the crest of a low E-W ridge, but no feature is visible at ground level in pasture.
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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rath1 mi
- Enclosure1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.