Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - tower house
Kilfithmone (kilfithmone Par.),summerhill (glenkeen Par.),kilfithmone (glenkeen Par.), County Tipperary North, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilfithmone (kilfithmone Par.),summerhill (glenkeen Par.),kilfithmone (glenkeen Par.)
- County
- Tipperary North
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Cloghaneena Castle (in ruins)
- Latest-edition OS map
- Cloghaneena Castle (in Ruins)
- Coordinates
- 52.76710, -7.93756
- SMR number
- TN034-020----
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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
Situated on high ground in an upland area with extensive views; nearby church and graveyard (TN034-107001-) to SE. Described in the Civil Survey (1654-6) as a 'castle irrepaireably demolished and the stump of a castle' (Simington 1931, vol. 1, 73). James Lord Baron of Dunboyne is listed as proprietor in 1640 (ibid.). The poorly preserved remains of small square tower house (int. dims. 5.95m N-S; 5.92m E-W; wall T 1.7m) constructed of roughly coursed limestone rubble. The W wall (L 9m; H 3) is the best preserved with partial remains of the N and S walls and only wall-footings of the E wall. The base of the doorway is visible in the centre of the E wall with the base of a garderobe chute in the S wall. There are possible wall-footings of an angle tower at the SE corner of the tower house.
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
Simington, R.C. (ed.) 1931 The Civil survey, AD 1654-1656. Vol I: county of Tipperary: eastern and southern baronies. Dublin. Irish Manuscripts Commission.
Nearby in the register
- Settlement deserted - medievalunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.