Castle in Fermoyle, house in County Laois

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What is recorded here

Marked on the Down Survey and as 'Castle (in Ruins)' on the 1841 edition of the OS 6-inch map. Situated at the bottom of a valley. A three-storey house built of roughly cut limestone. Remains include the E gable (L 7m N-S; wall T 0.6m) with a central fireplace and part of the S wall (L 4.9m) with simple slit opes and remains of a bawn wall (LA029-048001-) projecting southwards from the SW angle. No other visible surface remains.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LA029-048

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