Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Forge
Westcourt Demesne, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Westcourt Demesne
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.54721, -7.39099
- SMR number
- KK026-010086-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
In Callan, c. 40m N of the bailey which lies E of the motte (KK026-010009-). A millrace associated with a watermill (KK026-010021-) runs E-W c. 9m to the N.
A geophysical and topographical survey of the motte and bailey and surrounding area was carried out in 2002 (Clutterbuck et al. 2006, 7-28). This revealed several anomalies including a possible furnace (Wth c. 5m), interpreted as a forge, and a possible kiln (KK026-010085-) c. 20m to the SE (ibid. 12-21, 24).
See attached illustration:
KK026-010086-_01 Interpretative reconstruction plan of geophysical results and historical sources (Clutterbuck, Elliot and Shanahan 2006, 21, fig. 10)
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 29 June 2022
Nearby in the register
- Kilnunder 1 mi
- Castle - motte and baileyunder 1 mi
- Bridgeunder 1 mi
- Water mill - vertical-wheeledunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.