Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Settlement deserted - medieval
Newtown Lower,newtown Upper,poulmaleen, County Tipperary South, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Newtown Lower,newtown Upper,poulmaleen
- County
- Tipperary South
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Newtown Lower
- Coordinates
- 52.39253, -7.40330
- SMR number
- TS079-015----
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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 flat terrain c. 1km from the Lingaun River which flows N-S roughly along the line of the Kilkenny border. In 1319-20 there is mention of eleven burgages at Lynan which has been identified as Newtown (Lennon) by Bradley (1985, 59). The present village is named 'Newtown Lower' on the 1906 ed. OS 6-inch map and is currently named Faugheen. There is a 13th-century church (TS079-015001-) in ruins at the E end of the present village which is also depicted on the Down Survey (1655-6) map and mentioned in the Civil Survey (1654-6). The Down Survey map also shows a cluster of a church and two houses at the W end of the village, roughly where the present RC church is located. There are no earthworks associated with this settlement visible at ground level.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
References
Bradley, J. 1985 (Reprint 1997) The medieval towns of Tipperary. In W. Nolan and T.G. McGrath (eds), Tipperary: History and Society, 34-59. Dublin. Geography Publications.
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.