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Castle in Stroan

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Castle in Stroan
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On the lower reaches of an E-facing slope with good views to the NE-E-S. A stream runs c. 125m to the SE. A castle is indicated on the Down Survey (1655-6) barony map of Gowran, County Kilkenny, shown in ‘Stragham’ within ‘Kileane Parish’ (Hibernia Regnum, courtesy of Trinity College Dublin). A more elaborate castle…

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On the lower reaches of an E-facing slope with good views to the NE-E-S. A stream runs c. 125m to the SE. A castle is indicated on the Down Survey (1655-6) barony map of Gowran, County Kilkenny, shown in ‘Stragham’ within ‘Kileane Parish’ (Hibernia Regnum, courtesy of Trinity College Dublin). A more elaborate castle is indicated in ‘Strahan’ on the Down Survey (1655-6) parish map of ‘Killfane’ (National Library of Ireland MS720) and the accompanying terrier describes, ‘upon Straham a good Castle in repaire’ with John Cantwell listed as the proprietor in 1640 (ibid.). The castle is shown on the 1st (1839) ed. OS 6-inch map and 1948-9 revision and annotated, ‘Castle (in ruins)’. O’Kelly (1969, 84) describes, ‘A castle and mock tower both in ruins are beside the fountain’. The fountain is indicated on the 1948-9 revision c. 35m NNE of the castle. When visited in 1994 there was no upstanding masonry visible, only a low, irregular and hummocky platform which may indicate where the castle stood. A roughly square bawn (KK028-012001-) is visible on satellite imagery (Google Earth, imagery date 27 March 2022).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KK028-012

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  • Andrewmc, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0
  • liam murphy, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Kilkenny Seakale, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • A.-K. D., Wikimedia Commons · CC0
  • Humphrey Bolton, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • A.-K. D., Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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  • Störfix, Wikimedia Commons
  • Maker not stated on source page, en.wikipedia.org
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.alamy.com
  • Stephan van Helden, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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