Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - unclassified
Blackcastle (st. Patricksrock Par.), County Tipperary South, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Blackcastle (st. Patricksrock Par.)
- County
- Tipperary South
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Site of Black Castle
- Latest-edition OS map
- Black Castle (Site of)
- Coordinates
- 52.44533, -7.81916
- SMR number
- TS069-057001-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
In level area of fallow arable land. Sited on top of elongated, oval mound (TS069-057002-). No visible surface trace of castle masonry, although loose limestone rocks visible in places and others detected below surface sod in central and S area of mound. Named as 'Site of Black Castle' on 1840 ed. OS 6-inch map and depicted as a ruined building orientated NW-SE, measuring approx. 11m NW-SE x 9m NE-SW. On the 1906 ed. OS 6-inch map the site of the castle is depicted within an earthwork platform (TS069-057002-).
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 20 May 2014
Nearby in the register
- Platformunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.