Bawn

The National Monuments Service's description

On level ground on the NW-facing slope of a ridge, in pasture. Carrigan (1904, vol. 4, 317) incorrectly assigns this castle to the Killtallaghan townland which is c. 40m to the SW. He describes it as being, 'situated within a circular rath, 60 yds. in diameter, with a deep fosse, through part of which, the "county" stream, called Aughatharra, winds its course. The remains of the castle consist of a ruined building 13 ft. [3.96m] wide and, at present, 14 ft. [4.26m] long, with an entrance door facing east and measuring 8 ft. [2.4m] in width and 12 ft. [3.65m] in height; the walls are 6 ft. [1.82m] thick. In Irish these ruins are known as the Shannachlugh (Sean Chloch) or Old Building'.
Little survives above ground of the castle (KK030-007001-), except the remains of a gatehouse which is located in the SE portion of an oval bawn. The bawn (int. diam. 43m NW-SE; 35m SW-NE) is defined by scarp (H 1.4m) and an external fosse (Wth 9m; D 1m). The fosse was dry when visited in 1989, except for the W sector where a stream, as mentioned by Carrigan, runs through the fosse.

See attached:
KK030-007002-_01 Google Earth satellite image, imagery date 18 September 2019
KK030-007002-_02 Sketch plan by Kieran Campbell, 17 May 1989

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of upload: 24 July 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.