Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Bawn
Castletown (moyne Par.), County Tipperary North, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Castletown (moyne Par.)
- County
- Tipperary North
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.72319, -7.68638
- SMR number
- TN036-032002-
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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 an E-facing slope of rising ground on the W bank of the Black River in undulating countryside. Described in the Civil Survey (1654-6) as 'a castle out of repaire' (Simington 1931, vol. 1, 55). James Butler is listed as proprietor in 1640 (ibid.). The poorly preserved remains of a rectangular, possibly late medieval building (TN036-032001) orientated on a N-S axis with a possible tower at the NE angle. The walls are constructed with coursed limestone rubble with base-batter visible at the NE angle. There is no evidence of a bawn attached to this building.
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
Nearby in the register
- House - fortified houseunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.