Bawn

The National Monuments Service's description

Situated on top of natural rock outcrop in undulating countryside. Three storey tower house (OF022-008001-) built with roughly coursed limestone rubble entered through a rebuilt door in the W wall which is protected by a machicolation now destroyed at wall-walk level with a later inserted window directly below. The bawn wall is attached to the NE corner where it blocks the garderobe chute opening, smaller inner bawn structure in front of the main W door which has crenellations with brick infill and a pointed entrance with steps leading up to it. The round arched main entrance with its crenellated wall appear to be a later construction possibly 19th-century. The main entrance on the W wall of the bawn is constructed from worked stones of another structure possibly an earlier entrance. Two square towers at either end of the W wall with original coat of arms plaque over entrance now removed. Bawn is not depicted on Petries 19th-century drawing of Clonony Castle. Inner bawn of probable mid 19th-century date, while the outer bawn has been rebuilt in places during the 19th century. Mac Coghlan castle mentioned in the A.F.M in 1519 (ITA Survey 1942). (Anon 1868-69, 85-7; Cooke 1875, 330-32; O' Flanagan 1933, vol. 1, 85; Harbison 1972, 205)

Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien.

Date of upload: 23 May 2011