Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - tower house
Friarstown, County Carlow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Friarstown
- County
- Carlow
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Friarstown Castle (in ruins)
- Latest-edition OS map
- Friarstown Castle (in Ruins)
- Coordinates
- 52.83330, -6.81041
- SMR number
- CW008-018002-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
The following description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Carlow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007
Present remains consist of SW angle and foundations of W wall standing in heap of rubble, indicating rectangular structure (7.5m NE-SW; 14.6m, NW-SE) of roughly coursed granite boulders. Aerial photographs (CUCAP AYL 41-45) show extensive cropmarks including D-shaped enclosure (est diam. c. 50m) with two fosses, within which tower house stands, and rectangular enclosures, probably moated site with attached field (CW008-054----) to SW. In possession of Preceptory of Killerrig (CW008-007----) at time of suppression. Bullaun stone (CW008-053----) found near the tower house. (Gwynn and Hadcock 1988, 337; MacNeill 1932, 152)
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.