Bawn in Kedrah, County Tipperary

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Described in the Civil Survey (1654-6) as 'a ruinous castle with a bawne about it' and the proprietor in 1640 is listed as 'Sir Richard Butler of Knockytocher in the County of Kilkenny Baronett Irish Papist' (Simington 1931, vol.1, 322). According to the OS Letters (1840) the 'walls of the bawn remain still on the north side of this ruin' (O'Flanagan 1930, vol. 2, 124 (345)). This possible bawn wall is located N of Kedrah tower house (TS075-032001-), running roughly E-W (L 55m; Wth 0.46m; H 1.92m). The wall has been completely rendered with concrete, no stonework exposed. Farm buildings and a milking parlour have been built up against the internal face of the possible bawn along much of its length. There is a farm building at the NW angle, which may or may not correspond with the original return of the bawn wall. There is a strong local tradition that this is the bawn wall of the castle.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record TS075-032002

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