Castle of Ballymote, Co.y Sligo : highest tower 55 feet high

A Bigary delint. ; J.S. Cooper pinxt. 16 April 1794
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Bibliographic Details
Main Creator: Cooper, J.S.
Contributors: Bigari, Angelo Maria
Summary:The roughly square-shaped castle of Ballymote, County Sligo, Ireland, with a total of four drum towers, all but one of them on a corner. Figures can be seen on the rubble in the nearest corner tower
Format: Prints & Drawings
Language:English
Published / Created: 1794
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Notes:From: Antiquities of Abbeys, Castles & c. & c. in Ireland, Vol. II

This image is a copy of an original by Angelo Maria Bigari which is preserved in this collection as 2122 TX (15). The J.S. Cooper who signed his name to the drawing may be Jonathon Sisson Cooper, a cousin of Austin Cooper, who would have only been 17 years old at the time the drawing was executed

Title inscribed in ink l.c. on sheet under image

Watermark u.l. on sheet consists of letters that are not visible enough to make anything out

Physical description: 1 drawing image 15.1 x 24.2 cm., on sheet 18.3 x 26.7 cm.

Citations/References: An Eighteenth Century Antiquary : The Sketches, Notes and Diaries of Austin Cooper (1759-1830) / Liam Price (ed.). - Dublin, 1942 Plate 55

Citations/References: Archaeological Excavations at Ballymote Castle / P. David Sweetman. - Journal of the Galway Historical and Archaeological Society 40, 1985-86 pages 114-124

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