Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - tower house
Ballycanvan Big, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballycanvan Big
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Castle (in Ruins)
- Coordinates
- 52.24754, -7.03302
- SMR number
- WA010-009----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
University Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
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
Situated on high ground overlooking the River Suir and Little Island, with the King's Channel, a loop of the river, c. 170m to the NW. It was owned by Lord Power of Curraghmore (WA008-005001-) in 1640 (Simington 1942, 163). A rectangular structure (ext. dims. 7.85m N-S; 6.5m E-W) surviving to the second floor, although much altered and incorporated into Ballycanvan House which is now ruinous. A destroyed doorway towards the S end of the E wall leads to the ground floor which has three embrasures. Mural stairs in the E wall are now blocked, and there is no evidence of vaulting. The upper floors have few original features apart from an antechamber over the entrance.
Simington, R. C. (ed.) (1942) The Civil Survey AD 1654-1656, vi, the County of Waterford. Irish Manuscripts Commission. Dublin.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Waterford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 23 December 2008
Nearby in the register
- Tide mill - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Mill - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.