Castle in Camphire, County Waterford

What is recorded here

Located on the W bank of the N-S Blackwater River. This is a rectangular tower house (ext. dims. c. 12.5m E-W; c.10.35m N-S) with a base-batter (max. H 2.5m) and cut-stone quoins partly surviving to the first floor. The remains of newel stairs at the SW angle and a garderobe chute in the E wall survive at first-floor level. There is no evidence of vaulting. Revised by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 10 August 2011

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WA029-033

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What survives: Recorded monument

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Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Hywel Williams, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
E. H. (E. Hayden), Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
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Jonathan Thacker, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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