2018:557 - DROMORE CASTLE, Ruan (Dromore townland), Clare
County: Clare
Site name: DROMORE CASTLE, Ruan (Dromore townland)
Sites and Monuments Record No.: CL025-078001, National Monument 583
Licence number: E005019
Author: Graham Hull, TVAS (Ireland) Ltd
Author/Organisation Address: Ahish, Ballinruan, Crusheen, Co. Clare
Site type: Castle - tower house
Period/Dating: Multi-period
ITM: E 538865m, N 679602m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.863850, -8.907918
Two samples from the castle were radiocarbon dated. One was of hazel charcoal from the east wall of the porter’s lodge vault which returned a date of cal. AD 1530–1950 (UBA-39807) with the most likely date being in the mid-17th century. The second was of carbon dioxide extracted from mortar from the ceiling vault of the 1st floor in the north-east corner and was dated to the period cal. AD 1320–1636 (Aarhus AAR-29910).