Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Gowran Demesne, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gowran Demesne
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- SMR number
- KK020-074----
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The National Monuments Service's description
According to Carrigan (1905, vol. 3, 411), 'There are no ancient earthworks, such as raths or forts, in Gowran or its immediate vicinity, save a large dismantled moat in the beautiful "Pigeon Park," a couple of hundred yards from Ballyshawnmore castle [KK020-061001-]. This moat would certainly seem to mark the site of some old Royal residence'. The precise location of this monument within Gowran Demesne townland is unknown.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 2 March 2021
References
Carrigan, Rev. W. 1905 (Reprint 1981) The history and antiquities of the diocese of Ossory, 4 vols. Kilkenny. Roberts Books and Wellbrook Press.