Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - unclassified
Cuppanagh, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cuppanagh
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.95848, -8.40781
- SMR number
- SL045-007001-
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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 the SE quadrant of a moated site (SL045-007002-). According to local tradition, a low irregular platform (c. 11m NE-SW; 8.5m NW-SE; H 0.8m) on the S side of the moated site, is the remains of an O'Gara castle. Though now sod-covered, the platform appears to be largely composed of stones. Remnants of a rough stone facing are evident at NNE and E, whilst elsewhere stones protrude randomly from the surface. Incorporated into the SW corner of the platform are remnants of a circular stone-lined feature (diam. 2m; H 0.6m), probably the remains of a limekiln.
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). In this instance the entry has been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Revised by: Paul Walsh
Date of upload/revision: 10 May 2007
Nearby in the register
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.