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Bawn

Coolnamuck Demesne, County Waterford, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Bawn, Coolnamuck Demesne, County Waterford, 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
Coolnamuck Demesne
County
Waterford
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Indicated
Coordinates
52.34394, -7.46285
SMR number
WA003-008002-

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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

The tower house (WA003-008001-) is within a square bawn (dims. 54m N-S; 54m E-W) defined by stone walls (ext. H 0.5m at S to 4m at E where there is a ravine outside), but the N wall is missing. A circular tower (ext. diam. 4.8m) at the NE angle is reduced to its foundations. A second circular tower of two storeys (ext. diam. 4.3m; int. diam. 2.63m; H 4m) at the NW angle is entered through a pointed doorway at ground level. There are four musket loops at ground level and at least two more at first-floor level, but there is no evidence of a stairs connecting the two floors. Toberavalla Well, now a pumphouse, is outside the SE corner of the bawn.

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload/revision: 19 October 2010

Nearby in the register

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

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