Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Bawn
Moystown Demesne, County Offaly, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Moystown Demesne
- County
- Offaly
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.23351, -7.95728
- SMR number
- OF022-003002-
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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
Not visible at ground level. Mac Coghlan castle (OF022-003001-) demolished in 1548. Described in 1942 as 'the ruins are very insignificant and are very overgrown with weeds and bushes. A very well preserved moat surrounds the former castle' (ITA Survey 1942). This moat appears to have formed the enclosing feature of the bawn of Moystown Castle. This moat defended a square-shaped bawn as indicated on the 1838 ed. OS 6-inch map with castle (OF022-003001-) located in S quadrant of the bawn. The moat has been filled in since 1942 and today the outline of the bawn area is barely visible as a low earthwork. (Cooke 1875, 335-6; O' Flanagan 1933, vol. 1, 58)
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 29 December 2011
References
Cooke, T.L. 1875 The early history of the town of Birr. Dublin. Robertson.
O'Flanagan, Rev. M. (Compiler) 1933 Letters containing information relative to the antiquities of the King's County collected during the progress of the Ordnance Survey in 1839. Bray.
Irish Tourist Association. Surveys undertaken in the 1940s for the Irish Tourist Association (now Fáilte Ireland) relating to ‘Natural features, antiquities, historic associations etc.' Extracts from these surveys were copied into the Topographical files of the Office of Public Works and these have been incorporated into the Sites and Monuments Record files (National Monuments Service).
Nearby in the register
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.