Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - unclassified
Croughal, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Croughal
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Site of Castle
- Latest-edition OS map
- Castle (Site of)
- Coordinates
- 53.49136, -7.52286
- SMR number
- WM025-035----
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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
Croughal Castle stands on the summit of a prominent hillock (534ft/163m OD), in pasture with good views in all directions. Depicted on the revised 1913 ed. OS 25-inch map as a roughly circular-shaped mound, annotated ‘Castle (Site of)’. Monument described in 1971 as a pile of stones and a displaced piece of masonry, marks the site of the castle which is surrounded by a complex series of earthworks and scarps that extends into the surrounding fields and which are possibly related to the castle. Oblique aerial photographs (CUCAP AYR013) taken 11/07/1969 shows clearly the extent of the earthworks that surround the castle site. These earthworks are clearly visible today on Digital Globe aerial photographs.
Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien.
Date of upload: 05 September 2019
References
CUCAP - Cambridge University Collection of Aerial Photographs. Unit for Landscape Modelling, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge. See:https://www.cambridgeairphotos.com
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Font (present location)under 1 mi
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.