Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - ringwork
Townparks (roscrea Par.), County Tipperary North, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Townparks (roscrea Par.)
- County
- Tipperary North
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.95478, -7.79787
- SMR number
- TN012-010008-
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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
No visible remains of the fortification erected by the Norman forces in 1213 on the termon lands of St Cronan (Stout 1984, 112). In 1213 the king commanded Henry, Archbishop of Dublin, to give to Reginald de Pontibus full seisin of the castles of Dorles, Roskere (Roscrea), Armolen and Kakaulis, which belonged to Theobald Walter (Cal. doc. Ire vol. 1, no. 514). The present stone castle and bawn (TN012-010007-) may have been built on the site of an earlier fortification which was described as a 'mote et britagium' in 1245 (Cunningham 1987, 124).
The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Tipperary. Vol. 1 - North Tipperary' compiled by Jean Farrelly and Caimin O'Brien (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 22 September 2008
References
Stout, G. 1984 The archaeological survey of the barony of Ikerrin. Roscrea Heritage Society.
Cal. doc. Ire. - Calendar of documents relating to Ireland 1171-1307, ed. H.S. Sweetman (5 vols., London, 1875-86).
Cunningham, G. 1987 The Anglo-Norman advance into the south-east midlands of Ireland, 1185-1221. Roscrea. Parkmore Press.
Nearby in the register
- House - 18th/19th centuryunder 1 mi
- Castle - Anglo-Norman masonry castleunder 1 mi
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
- Historic townunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.