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Bawn

Ballylarkin Lower, County Kilkenny, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Bawn, Ballylarkin Lower, County Kilkenny, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Ballylarkin Lower
County
Kilkenny
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.72291, -7.42868
SMR number
KK013-140----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1868 · 4. Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

On a slight break of a NE-facing slope, in pasture. There are good views in all directions, except upslope to the S. A rectangular enclosure (dims. c. 65.6m NE-SW; c. 55m NW-SE) identified on an aerial photograph (GB90.AX.08) which is also visible on satellite imagery (Google Earth, imagery date 16 April 2020). The enclosure and a number of buildings within are indicated on the 1st (1839) ed. OS 6-inch map but are not depicted on the 1900 revision. Within the enclosure there is a castle (KK013-017001-) near the W edge and a 17th-century house (KK013-017002-) c. 30m SE of the castle. It is likely the rectangular enclosure is a bawn, possibly associated with the castle. It consists of a bank, largely reduced to scarp (H 0.87m; Wth 2.6m) with a fosse (Wth 3.52m; ext. H 0.37m) and outer bank (Wth at crest 2.6m; Wth at base 6.2m; ext. H 0.33m). The outer bank is visible along the W side and appears to have been incorporated into a field boundary along the N and E sides. Both banks and fosse are very denuded along much the S side.

See attached photos:
KK013-140----_01Google Earth satellite image, imagery date 16 April 2020
KK013-140----_02 Bank of bawn in foreground with remains of house and castle
KK013-140----_03 SW angle of bawn with ranging-rod in fosse
KK013-140----_04 N end of NW side from NW
KK013-140----_05 E side of bawn from S

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of revised upload: 13 September 2022

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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