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Castle - unclassified

Cloonark, County Roscommon, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Castle - unclassified, Cloonark, County Roscommon, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

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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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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