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Castle - tower house

Carrowncashlane (Decies without Drum By., Kilgobnet Par.), County Waterford, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Castle - tower house, Carrowncashlane (Decies without Drum By., Kilgobnet Par.), 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
Carrowncashlane (Decies without Drum By., Kilgobnet Par.)
County
Waterford
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Castle (in ruins)
Latest-edition OS map
Castle (in Ruins)
Coordinates
52.12363, -7.62402
SMR number
WA031-006----

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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

Located on a S-facing slope. In the Civil Survey of 1654-6 Carrowncashlane was part of Ballyknock which was owned in 1641 by Darby O'Brien of Kilcomeragh (WA015-043----), but a castle at Ballyknock is not listed (Simington 1942, 66). This is a rectangular structure (ext. dims. 7.6m E-W; 6.95m N-S; max. H 3m) reduced to the ground-floor level with evidence of a window and wall-cupboards in the S wall (T 1.65m), and a doorway in the W wall (T 1.5m). A rectangular enclosure (WA031-007----) adjacent to SW may have served as a bawn.

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.

Compiled by: Michael Moore. Date of upload: 25th August, 2011.

Nearby in the register

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

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