Castle - tower house

The National Monuments Service's description

Situated on a low rise in flat pasture with extensive views. Only the semi-circular wall-footings of a small tower (H 0.5m) survive with the wall-footings of a possible bawn (TN020-057002-) wall (T 1m) projecting from the N face of the possible tower. It may be the remains of a circular flanking tower with a projecting bawn wall. According to the OS Letters the circular tower measured internally 5.7m approx. with a possible vault over the first floor (O' Flanagan 1930, vol. 3, 114). Low wall-footings of a possible building (TN020-057003-) to the N of the bawn may be remains of a stone house mentioned in the Civil Survey in 1654-6 (Simington 1934, vol. 2, 147). Described in the Civil Survey as: 'castle stands mortgadged unot Richard Lennard of the Citty of Lymicke sheoo Maker. Upon these 3 plds. stands a castle and a stone house' (ibid.).

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

O'Flanagan, Rev. M. (Compiler) 1930 Letters containing information relative to the antiquities of the county of Tipperary collected during the progress of the Ordnance Survey in 1840. Bray.

Simington, R.C. (ed.) 1934 The Civil survey, AD 1654-1656. Vol. II: county of Tipperary - Western and Northern baronies. Dublin. Irish Manuscripts Commission.