What is recorded here
No surface remains visible of Farthingstown Castle which is depicted on the 1655-9 Down Survey map of Rathconrath parish (NLI, MS 723-4). On this map a tower house type structure is depicted standing on lands in the possession of Richard Dalton, listed as an 'Irish Papist' in 1641 (ibid.). Modern rubble built cairn built around a large tree stump is all that survives where castle site is marked on the OS 6-inch map.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 5 October 2016
Built in the 17th century, Farthingstown Castle was likely a tower house held by a local Gaelic or Anglo-Irish family in County Down. Its depiction on the Down Survey map highlights its historical presence in the Rathconrath parish landscape during the post-plantation period of Irish history.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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