Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - unclassified
Durra Big, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Durra Big
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Castle
- Latest-edition OS map
- Castle (in Ruins)
- Coordinates
- 52.28553, -6.59322
- SMR number
- WX041-028001-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
University Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid 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
References to Dirr, though not to castle, date from 1575 when it was held by the Meyler family (Jeffrey 1979, 109 110). Richard Meyler owned 120 acres and the castle in 1640 according to the Civil Survey (1654-6) (Simington 1953, 81, 98). It is situated on a S-facing slope in the S foothills of Forth Mountain. The only remains are a bawn corner tower (int. diam. 4.3m; H 4.7m) of two storeys with four gun loops on the ground floor and four corbels to support the first floor. The wall is corbelling in at the top, perhaps to form a vault. The castle and bawn were probably E of this structure, which is at the E edge of a farm complex.
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: 19 March, 2013
References
Simington, R.C. (ed.) 1953 The Civil survey, AD 1654-1656. Vol. IX: county of Wexford. Dublin. Irish Manuscripts Commission.
Nearby in the register
- Bawnunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Road - hollow-wayunder 1 mi
- Crossunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.