Castle in Fyanstown, County Meath

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What is recorded here

Situated on a bluff with the N-S Moynalty River c. 60m to the E. James FitzJones, an Irish papist, owned 162 acres at Fyanstown in 1641 (Simington 1940, 282), described as 225 acres on the Down Survey (1656-8) parish map, but a castle at Fyanstown is not recorded on these sources. The castle is depicted on the 1836 and 1912 editions of the OS 6-inch map, but it appears to have been removed.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record ME017-013

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