Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Bawn
Ballyengland Upper, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyengland Upper
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.59581, -8.92938
- SMR number
- LI011-104001-
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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
Possible bawn associated with Ballyengland or Castle Hewson (LI011-104----) described in 1840 as 'The castle was surrounded by a wall, on the foundation of which the south wall of Castle Hewson House appears to be built. The house is occupied by Wm. Hewson. These ruins stand immediately to the north of Castle Hewson House. They are of a rectangular form. The walls are all standing and perfect. It is 2 stories high, with an arched roof' (OSNB Askeaton Parish, 121-2).
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 18 November 2020
References
OSNB - Ordnance Survey Name Books. Pro-forma books arranged by Civil Parish for recording townland and other name-forms and compiled in the course of the OS 6-inch survey 1824-1841. The name books also include minor names and incidental references to antiquities. National Archives of Ireland.
Nearby in the register
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.