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Annaghdown Castle
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Annaghdown Castle was erected
on the east shore of
Lough Corrib by the
O'Flaherty Clan in the
late 14th century. It is exceedingly well built, and, like
all the castellated remains in this district, batters
gradually at the base.
The entrance, on the south
face, is by a pointed-arch doorway, strongly fortified by
all the defensive contrivances of the period, and the
character of the warfare of the time. |
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To the left of the porch is a long flag-roofed guard-room
and square door. Two other doorways with angle-arched heads
open, one into a small chamber, and the other into the
winding stone stairs that gave access to the upper portion
of the building. In the roof of the porch is the usual
poll-na-morrough, through which missiles might be poured on
those who had so far gained access to the inside.
Annaghdown Castle.
In the thickness of the wall is a square tube leading from
the outer door-jamb, and which was probably used for
communicating with those beyond, like a modern acoustic
apparatus. Other flues of a like nature, but larger, exist
in different parts of the building, and also passages formed
in the thickness of the walls. The corbels that supported
the floors and the chimney breasts are still in situ, and
the garde robe is on the north face.
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