Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - unclassified
Ballinlonty, County Tipperary North, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballinlonty
- County
- Tipperary North
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Balllinlonty Ho.
- Latest-edition OS map
- Ballinlonty Ho.
- SMR number
- TN034-076----
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated on high ground in an upland area. The precise location of this castle within the townland of Ballinlonty has not been identified. No visible remains of the castle in the vicinity of Ballinlonty House. In 1840 the OS Letters as recorded the following 'It is said there was an old castle in Ballinlonty' (O'Flanagan 1930, vol. 2, 192). The ruins of nineteenth-century Ballinlonty House are depicted on latest ed. OS 6-inch map. There is no evidence of a medieval castle or any fabric from a medieval building in the vicinity of Ballinlonty 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.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of revised upload: 19 September 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.