Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - unclassified
Gaulstown (fassadinin By.), County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gaulstown (fassadinin By.)
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- SMR number
- KK011-020001-
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The National Monuments Service's description
On the Down Survey (1655-6) parish map of, ‘The Parrish of Mucully & part of Desert Parrish’ a castle is depicted in the northern portion of the townland, annotated, 'The Stump of an old Castle' and the proprietor of 'Galstowne' is given as 'Hen[ry] Archer Ir[ish] pap[i]st'. Carrigan (1905, vol. 3, 455) notes that, 'of Gaulstown castle, which stood in a field named the "Old Street", nothing remains but a small fragment of grouted masonry and some traces of foundation. The general area where the castle was possibly located was inspected in 1987 but there was no trace visible at ground level. The precise location of this castle is unknown.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 19 December 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.