Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Settlement deserted - medieval
Whiteswall, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Whiteswall
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.81332, -7.57892
- SMR number
- KK003-033----
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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
In rollling grassland to the E and SE of a castle (KK003-032----) and bawn (KK003-032001-). According to Carrigan (1905, vol. 2, 280), ‘The site of what is called the “town of Whiteswall” can be traced immediately outside the Parks, in Mr. Doherty’s land’. In the field where the castle and bawn are located and in the neighbouring field to the E there are a number of earthworks. While they do not form any readily recognisable pattern, it is possible that they are the remains of a settlement associated with the castle. These earthworks include a number of small enclosures on a small hillock defined by earth and stone banks (av. Wth 2m; H 0.5-1m). The field has been largely reclaimed.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 8 February 2016
References
Carrigan, Rev. W. 1905 (Reprint 1981) The history and antiquities of the diocese of Ossory, 4 vols. Kilkenny. Roberts Books and Wellbrook Press.
Nearby in the register
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Bawnunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.