Coolamber Hall House
Description
Coolamber Hall-house consists of a two-storey structure, located on a circular platform approximately 4m high and 40m in diameter. The platform is possibly an older early medieval ringwork that was subsequently reused as a bawn. A late-medieval church is situated approximately 400m to the north-west. The platform is enclosed by the remains of a 1.60m thick and 0.35m high bawn wall. There is a small, rectangular, mural tower on the south-west side. The hall-house has the remains of a barrel-vault at its northern end at ground floor level. Only ruined remains of the walls (max height 2m) of the two-storey block remain.
Location
Coolamber Hall House is located close to Lismacaffrey Village on the border between County Longford and County Westmeath. It is close to a small cemetery on private property.
References
- ^ Moore, Sam (2007). Archaeological Monuments of County Longford. Longford: Longford County Council.
- ^ O'Brien, Caimin "Historic Environment Viewer", National Monuments Service, record number LF016-018001- Dublin, 2016. Retrieved on 10 May 2016.
- ^ Irish patent rolls of James I: facsimile of the Irish record commissioners' calendar prepared prior to 1830, with foreword by M.C. Griffith (Irish Manuscripts Commission, Dublin, 1966) - #469
- ^ Lewis, Samuel (1837). Topographical Dictionary of Ireland. London.