Survey Data
Reg No
20402810
Rating
National
Categories of Special Interest
Archaeological, Architectural
Original Use
Castle/fortified house
Date
1500 - 1600
Coordinates
163717, 183004
Date Recorded
24/09/1997
Date Updated
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Description
Freestanding orthogonal-plan single-bay three-stage tower with base batter, built c. 1550, now in ruins. Parapet with string course below, formerly battlemented. Rubble stone walls with machicolation over entrance. Various openings including gun loops and pointed arch openings. On river bank adjacent to church built by O'Grady, Lords of territory of Hy-donghaile, noted in TCD lists of castles of Thomond and in Annals of the Four Masters (1564)