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Castle - unclassified

Lacken (bantry By.), County Wexford, Ireland

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Townland: Lacken (bantry By.)
County: Wexford
Country: Ireland
First-edition OS map: Site of Castle
Latest-edition OS map: Castle (Site of)
Coordinates: 52.40118, -6.87493
SMR number: WX030-029----

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Marked faintly as a rectangular feature (dims. c. 15m E-W; c. 8m N-S) described as 'Site of Castle' on the 1839 and 1925 eds of the OS 6 inch maps, and situated towards the bottom of the E-facing slope of Lacken Hill and c. 300m S of a col on the NE side of the hill. There are no historical references to this castle, and even the townland is not mentioned in the Civil Survey (1654-6) (Simington 1953, 205-08. Nothing is visible at ground level in pasture. Archaeological testing (08E0560) c. 100m to the NW failed to produce any related material (Stafford 2011a).

The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wexford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1996). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of revision: 14 March, 2016

References

Simington, R.C. (ed.) 1953 The Civil survey, AD 1654-1656. Vol. IX: county of Wexford. Dublin. Irish Manuscripts Commission.

Stafford, E. 2011a Lacken. No archaeological significance. in I. Bennett (ed.) Excavations 2008: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 374, No. 1289. Dublin, Wordwell

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