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Bawn

Newtown (Baker), County Kilkenny, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Bawn, Newtown (Baker), 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
Newtown (Baker)
County
Kilkenny
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.54365, -7.31585
SMR number
KK027-012010-

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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)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1882 · Ireland (southern half). (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 SW-facing slope, c. 200m N of the Kings River, commanding a good view E-S-W at ground level. The castle is associated with the medieval settlement of Earlstown (KK027-012----) which was under the proprietorship of the Sweetman family, who had succeeded the D’Erleys towards the end of the 14th century (Carrigan 1905, vol. 3, 330). The Sweetman’s held onto possession until the land was confiscated under the Cromwellian confiscations in the mid-17th century and subsequently divided up between several individuals (Carrigan 1905, vol. 3, 330, 332).
A bawn, built of roughly coursed limestone rubble (T 1m) enclosed the tower house (KK027-012007-) at Newtown (Baker). Only the S wall (L 23.85m; max. ext. H 2.5m) and ruinous W wall (L 46.5m; max. int. H 2.6m) of the bawn survive upstanding. The S wall is built against the precipitous S-facing slope of the field, though the dramatic drop in ground level may be the result of quarrying.

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of upload: 9 May 2023

References

Carrigan, Rev. W. 1905 (Reprint 1981) The history and antiquities of the diocese of Ossory, 4 vols. Kilkenny. Roberts Books and Wellbrook Press.

Nearby in the register

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

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