Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - unclassified
Knockmullin, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knockmullin
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Castle (Site of)
- Coordinates
- 54.16376, -8.50459
- SMR number
- SL026-065----
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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
In a meadow, on top of a rise. There are now no visible remains of the MacDonagh castle which was demolished to provide stone for 'all the houses of Cartron, near Tubberscanavin', this stone 'having been tastefully hammered and chiselled' (O'Rorke [1889], vol. 2, 234-5). The castle was indicated on the Down Survey (1655-6) barony map as a small single tower.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005).
Date of upload: 18 January 2008
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
- Cistunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.