Camus Castle (in ruins) — Report the wrong picture

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Camus Castle stood in level Tipperary pasture when Archbishop Malcolm Hamilton died there in 1629, leaving behind a large stone house and bawn rather than a distant fantasy. Two square towers once broke the horizon, but grass and time have swallowed most of the castle, hiding its rooms from ordinary sight. What remains is not a failed ruin but a place that stopped performing for visitors and returned to the patience of the field.

In level pasture. According to the Civil Survey (1654-6), in 1640, 'Archybald Lord Archbishopp of Cashell', was owner of the 'Manor Court & lands of Camus halfe a colpe', 'Upon the s[ai]d lands stands a large stone house with a bawne about it' (Simington 1934, vol. 2, 376). The OS Letters (1840) describe the two mural towers on the bawn (TS060-026003-) as the, 'small remains of two square castles' (O'Flanagan 1930, vol. 1, 118 (312-13). White (1892, 16) also mentions the remains of the bawn and that 'Archbishop Malcolm Hamilton died at his house at Camas, 25th April, 1629'. There is no visible of the castle at ground level, though traces of the bawn and one mural tower are visible. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 22 July 2014

Archibald Lord Archbishop of Cashel owned Camus Castle in 1640, as recorded in the Civil Survey. The castle is remembered as a significant historic structure associated with the Archbishopric of Cashel and early modern landholding in Ireland.

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