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Castle - unclassified

Breansha More, County Tipperary South, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Castle - unclassified, Breansha More, County Tipperary South, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Breansha More
County
Tipperary South
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Breansha Castle (in ruins)
Latest-edition OS map
Breansha Castle (in Ruins)
Coordinates
52.44956, -8.17642
SMR number
TS067-048----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1882 · Ireland (southern half). (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

On a slight rise in relatively flat terrain with good views to the N, E and S. According to the Civil Survey (1654-56) in 1640 'Brenshigh' was under the proprietorship of 'James oge Butler Esqr. Irish Papist' and 'On the sd land stands a demolished castle' (Simington 1934, vol. 2, 33). Only a length of overgrown wall (L 7m; H 0.95m; T 1.27m), orientated N-S, survives four courses high. It is constructed of limestone rubble, roughly coursed. The E face is intact for some of its length but the W face is robbed out completely leaving a wall 0.7m thick visible. The W face is intact 0.3m above ground level. The castle is indicated on the 1st (1840) ed. 6-inch OS map as a rectangular building (dims. 18m E-W; c. 8m N-S). By the 2nd (1901-05) ed. only the W wall is shown. The line of the building is still visible as a depression (dims. 18m E-W; 11m N-S; D 0.32m) running eastward from the W wall. The castle appears to be located on the S side of a roughly square enclosure, possibly a bawn (TS067-048001-).

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of upload: 11 December 2012

References

Simington, R.C. (ed.) 1934 The Civil survey, AD 1654-1656. Vol. II: county of Tipperary - Western and Northern baronies. Dublin. Irish Manuscripts Commission.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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