Bawn in Rochestown — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

Half a tonne of iron swung against Rochestown in 1641, smashing through the bawn wall before touching the castle itself. That violent breach erased the outer court from human memory, burying its stones under soil and forgetting. The bawn still exists beneath the ground, waiting for someone to dig until the earth gives back the shape of the strike.

The Civil Survey (1654-6) records 'the walles of a Castle ... and a bawne about them' (Simington 1931, vol. 1, 348). In 1641 Rochestown was beseiged for six weeks, during which time the beseigers '...brought a sow [seige engine] to the bawn wall, broke it down and approached the castle wall' (Grove White 1911, 10). The bawn associated with the tower house at Rochestown (TS082-055001-) is not visible above ground. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 10 February 2014

The Bawn in Rochestown was associated with a castle that was besieged in 1641 during the Irish Confederate Wars, highlighting its strategic and military significance in the region.

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