Bawn

The National Monuments Service's description

Situated on a N-facing slope of rising ground in an upland area. Described in the Civil Survey (1654-6) as the 'castle of Dunally paretly repaired at the Common Wealthes charge with a little barbicon' (Simington 1934, vol. 2, 245). John Kennedy is listed as proprietor in 1640 (ibid.). Described in the OS Letters as a rectangular building (int. dims. 20.5ft (6.2m) E-W; 29.75ft (9m) N-S; wall T 6.5ft (2m)) built with roughly coursed limestone rubble with the possible remains of spiral stairs in the SE angle (O'Flanagan 1930, vol. 3, 119). Destroyed by modern commercial quarrying in the late 1970s, large pond occupies site of medieval castle and bawn.

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly and Caimin O'Brien

Date of revised upload: 12 July 2016

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.