What is recorded here

Rockstown Castle stands on a natural rock outcrop in County Limerick, where a bawn wall perhaps enclosed sixty metres of dangerous ground. Captain George Ingoldesbly held that castle and bawn in 1640, suggesting the stone edge served more than ornament. Aerial traces still hint at the boundary, inviting imagination about the people who lived beneath its watchful rim.

Ballynacarrig or Rockstown Castle (LI022-108----) situated on top of natural rock outcrop the edge of which may have been fortified with a bawn wall (approx. diam. 60m). The Civil Survey of Limerick recorded that Captain George Ingoldesbly, an English proprietor, in 1640 was in possession of 'one castle and Bawen thereunto belonginge' (Simington 1938, 81). Traces of a possible enclosure or bawn wall is visible on Digital Globe aerial photographs. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 03 January 2019

Bawn in Rockstown was likely associated with the Butler family, who held significant lands in the area during the 16th and 17th centuries. It is remembered for its strategic position on a natural rock outcrop, reflecting the defensive architecture of the period.

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