What is recorded here

Situated on the SW shore of the King's Channel, a loop of the River Suir. Just NE of the tower house (WA010-006001-) and protuding onto the public road is the base of a semi-circular tower, probably part of a bawn around the tower house. Ballynakill church site (WA010-007001-) is adjacent to the S. (Grogan 2005, 187) Grogan, P. (2005) An old Waterford graveyard and the Dobbyns of Ballynakill. Decies, No. 61, 167-191. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 06 December 2010

A bawn associated with a tower house, likely built in the late medieval period by a local Gaelic or Anglo-Norman lord for defensive purposes. Its location near the River Suir highlights its strategic importance in controlling movement along this waterway.

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