Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - tower house
Ballyheeny (decies Within Drum By., Kinsalebeg Par.), County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyheeny (decies Within Drum By., Kinsalebeg Par.)
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Castle (in ruins)
- Latest-edition OS map
- Castle (in Ruins)
- Coordinates
- 51.99831, -7.82394
- SMR number
- WA037-018----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
Situated at the bottom of a gentle S-facing slope and at the edge of the ravine of the E-W Licky river, with the stream c. 20m to the S. Land at Ballyheeny was owned by Garret FitzGerald of Dromana (WA029-021001-) in 1641, but there is no record of a castle, although a court is mentioned (Simington 1942, 31). The castle is marked as a ruin on a Taylor and Skinner map (1778, 128). The S wall with a base-batter survives almost complete (L 13.7m; Wth 1.7m). The entrance (Wth 1.3m) is towards the centre of the wall with a destroyed newal stairs at the W end, which has at least one light with gun-loops. There is evidence of at least four storeys, with an E-W vault over the first floor.
Simington, R. C. (ed.) (1942) The civil Survey AD 1654-1656, vi, the County of Waterford. Irish Manuscripts Commission. Dublin.
Taylor, G. and Skinner, A. (1778) Maps of the roads of Ireland. Reprint 1969, ed. by J. H. Andrews. Irish University Press. Shannon.
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.
Revised by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 07 October 2011
References
Simington, R.C. (ed.) 1942 The Civil survey, AD 1654-1656. Vol VI: county of Waterford. Dublin. Irish Manuscripts Commission.
Taylor and Skinner 1778 (Reprint 1969) Maps of the Roads of Ireland. Shannon. Irish University Press.
Nearby in the register
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