Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - tower house
Ballyrane, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyrane
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Ballyrane Castle (in ruins)
- Latest-edition OS map
- Ballyrane Castle (Site of)
- Coordinates
- 52.25008, -6.45705
- SMR number
- WX047-021----
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
Located on a slight rise in a low-lying landscape. The castle of Ballyrane is depicted as a tower on the Down Survey map of Forth barony, and 64 acres at Ballyrane together with 53 acres at Ballydonskar (Ballydusker?) were owned by John Synnott in 1641 according to the Books of Survey and Distribution (Simington 1953, 303). For the Down Survey map see this webpage accessed on 11 Sep. 2013. http://downsurvey.tcd.ie/down-survey-maps.php#bm=Forth&c=Wexford Lewis (1837, vol. 2, 149) says that the castle was situated ‘a quarter of a mile (c. 400m)’ S of the parish church of Killinick (WX047-005001-) and was then owned by the Lett family. John O'Donovan writing c. 1840 describes the castle as a tower in excellent preservation and ‘about 60 feet (c. 18m) high’ (O'Flanagan 1933, vol. 1, 282). It is described as Ballyrane Castle in ruins on gothic lettering on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, but there are no other descriptions of it. There are no visible remains of a structure at ground level in a farmyard.
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 October, 2013
References
Simington, R.C. (ed.) 1953 The Civil survey, AD 1654-1656. Vol. IX: county of Wexford. Dublin. Irish Manuscripts Commission.
Lewis, S. 1837 A topographical dictionary of Ireland, 2 vols. London. Lewis and Co.
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.