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Earlspark Deerpark

Earlspark Deerpark is a ruin in the town in Loughrea, County Galway, 2.1 km south-east of the centre. High medieval deerpark, located on the SE shore of Lough Rea, occupies the townland of Earlspark, dates to the 13th century and was established by the de Burghs, an Anglo-Norman family.

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Ruins
From the centre
2.1 km south-east
Website
medieval.eu

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Plan of the streets around Earlspark Deerpark, 340 metres across
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Plan of the surrounding 300 mPlan of the streets around Earlspark Deerpark, 340 metres across

Getting to Earlspark Deerpark

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While you are there

Other sites within 3 km: Tonaroasty Deserted Village (936 m), The Seven Monuments (974 m), The Long Point (1.1 km), Brick Lough (1.3 km) and Field System, Earlspark (1.3 km).

Tower houses, the castles of the Irish countryside

Many of the ruins mapped around Tuam are tower houses, the tall stone farm-castles of the later Middle Ages, built to be lived in with a small household and defended when it came to that, with a vaulted floor against fire, corner bartizans and a machicolation above the door.

Written from Wikipedia, "Tower house" (CC BY-SA 4.0); the words are ours.

Other ruins around Loughrea

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  2. 1.4 km
  3. 1.5 km
  4. 1.8 km
  5. 2.1 km
  6. 2.3 km
  7. 2.4 km
  8. 3.4 km

All 21 ruins around Loughrea

Questions people ask

Where is Earlspark Deerpark?
In Loughrea, County Galway, 2.1 km south-east of the centre.
Are there other ruins nearby?
20 other ruins around $Loughrea; the closest is Field System, Earlspark, 1.3 km away.

Source record: OpenStreetMap way/1390397808, read on 2026-09-18. The street is the mapped address where there is one, otherwise the nearest named road. Distances are straight lines.