Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - unclassified
Carrowcashel (tirerrill By., Riverstown Ed), County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carrowcashel (tirerrill By., Riverstown Ed)
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Castle Douglas (Site of)
- Coordinates
- 54.13578, -8.39138
- SMR number
- SL027-124001-
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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 pasture, near the N end of a rocky bluff, and 8m S of an inland promontory fort (SL027-124002-). Though shown as a rectangular structure (c. 5m N-S; c. 15m E-W), named 'Douglas Castle', on the 1838 OS 6-inch map, it is now levelled. Differential vegetation growth, however, outlines the roughly square area (L c. 15m) where the castle once stood. According to local information, low stone walls marked the site until about the middle of the 20th century when they were removed. The castle gets its name from the nearby Douglas River.
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
- Promontory fort - inlandunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.