Castle - unclassified

The National Monuments Service's description

Described as the site of a castle on the 1839 and 1941 eds of the OS 6-inch map and situated in the valley of a short S-N stream on its E bank and c. 150m S of where it enters the WNW-ESE River Slaney. The earliest reference dates to 1666 when it was granted to Philip Hore, although it had been owned by Roches of Drinagh (WX042-012----) (Jeffrey 1979, 107). It was probably not a tower house but a dwelling of the 17th century. Archaeological testing (00E0788) c. 100m to the S produced no related material (Noonan 2002), but an intensive survey at the same time identified a length of the S (L 1.5m; H 0.5m) and E (L 2.7m; H 1.5m) walls (Noonan 2000, 3-4) of the structure.

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 upload/revision: 14 December, 2012

References

Noonan, D. 2000 Archaeological impact assessment report, Cullentra, Ferrycarraig, Co. Wexford. unpublished report. Eachtra Archaeological Projects

Noonan, D. 2002 Cullentra. Vicinity of castle site. In I. Bennett (Ed.) Excavations 2000: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 354, No. 1055. Bray, Wordwell.