Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - unclassified
Ballyoskill, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyoskill
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.82424, -7.31070
- SMR number
- KK005-080----
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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
Local tradition points to a prominent area of rock-outcrop, overlooking the Glashagal River to the S, as the site of a castle. The field is known as the 'Castle Field'. The area of outcrop is roughly circular (max. dim. 85m N-S) and slopes downwards from S to N. The drop to the river at S is quite precipitous. Outcrop is exposed at S where it was partially quarried in the past. There are no visible structural remains at ground level. The Down Survey map indicates a castle in the area of Nicholastown/Ballyoskill.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 30 July 2012
Nearby in the register
- Castle - ringworkunder 1 mi
- Cursusunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.