Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - tower house
Tinnahinch, County Carlow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tinnahinch
- County
- Carlow
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Tinahinch Castle (in Ruins)
- Coordinates
- 52.53748, -6.95726
- SMR number
- CW024-026----
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University Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
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
Rectangular building (10.7m N-S, 6.9m E-W) of three storeys, with stair tower at SW. Constructed of rubble with split stone laid in mortar with ashlar quoins. Entrance on N side of projecting stair tower protected by machicolation on third floor of tower, which originally carried wooden stairs. Bartizan at NE corner of main tower. Wooden floors carried on corbels. Oven and kitchen fireplace in north gable wall. Fireplaces in N and S walls of 1st and 2nd floor. Attic floor entered from stair tower, giving access also to crenellated parapet on E and W walls. Probably built in 1630's by James Butler (JRSAI 1892, 444).
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.