Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - unclassified
Highhays, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Highhays
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- SMR number
- KK019-075----
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The National Monuments Service's description
Indicated on the Down Survey (1655-6) parish map of ‘The Parrish of St. Johns in the Liberties of Kilkenny’ as a castle at the junction of several townlands, immediately E of St John's on the W side of Kilkenny City (Hibernia Regnum, courtesy of Trinity College Dublin). It appears to be at the very S extremity of the 17th-century townland of 'Towneditch' which roughly corresponds with the SW angle of the modern townland of Highhays. The precise location of this castle is unknown, however, it could also be a depiction of Madalen Castle (KK019-026074-), the tower house by the gate into the precincts of the Magdalen hospital and possibly an outer gate into the city itself.
See attached:
KK019-075----_01 extract from Down Survey (1655-6) parish map ‘The Parrish of St. Johns in the Liberties of Kilkenny’ (Hib. Reg., courtesy of Trinity College Dublin)
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 13 October 2020