Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Bawn
Frehans, County Tipperary South, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Frehans
- County
- Tipperary South
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.27440, -7.84686
- SMR number
- TS088-029002-
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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
On a S-facing slope, c. 50m N of the River Tar, in gently undulating pasture. Indicated as a 'Castle' on the 1st (1840) ed. OS 6-inch map and as a 'Castle (site of)' on the 1904-05 edition. The monument is referred to in the Civil Survey (1654-6) as 'an old castle within an old Bawne' (Simington 1931, vol. 1, 334). There is no visible remains of the bawn or castle (TS088-029001-) at ground level.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
References
Simington, R.C. (ed.) 1931 The Civil survey, AD 1654-1656. Vol I: county of Tipperary: eastern and southern baronies. Dublin. Irish Manuscripts Commission.
Nearby in the register
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Fordunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.