Castle - tower house

The National Monuments Service's description

Situated on a N-facing slope in pasture. A ruinous tower house with only a length of the E wall (L 2.9m; T 1.25m; H 3m) surviving, constructed of roughly coursed limestone rubble with some conglomerate stones. The wall-footings continue N for a further 4m. A pile of collapsed masonry lies west of this wall. The E and W wall (H 6.7m) and part of the S wall were still standing when visited by the OS c. 1840, internal diam. E-W 7m (O'Flanagan 1930, vol. 1, 201). A bawn (TN021-025002-) to the S of the building is defined by a shallow, broad bank (Wth c. 6m) sloping gently to the exterior and almost level with the interior. The E return is not clear. Foundations of a building along the N bank of the bawn may be the remains of a gatehouse.

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.