Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - unclassified
Newtown (bargy By., Bannow Ed), County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Newtown (bargy By., Bannow Ed)
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Castle (in ruins)
- Latest-edition OS map
- Castle (in Ruins)
- Coordinates
- 52.23020, -6.76781
- SMR number
- WX045-034----
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
Marked as a rectangular building (dims c. 10m x c. 6m) on the 1839 and 1925 eds of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on a fairly level plateau. According to the Down Survey (1656-8) terrier or commentary the 176 acres of Newtown were owned jointly by James Furlong and Richard Cullen. While there were some small houses and a windmill there these features were situated away from the coast and there is no mention of a castle. See this web-page accessed on 11-07-2013: http://downsurvey.tcd.ie/down-survey-maps.php#bm=Bargy&c=Wexford&p=Bannoe. Locally, the castle is thought to have been built by the Prendergasts (Butler 1985, 55). A part of one wall survived until c. 1980, which is described locally as being quite substantial, but no trace of it survives now. It may have been one of the ‘small houses’ mentioned in the terrier of the Down Survey map.
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: 23 July 2013
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.