What is recorded here
Castle is an unclassified castle within Barrowhouse, County Laois. No visible structure or exact history has emerged, but the unknown shape still occupies the mind. Forgetting does not remove the castle; it redeems the castle from ordinary explanation.
Unlocated castle within townland, 1848 estate map of Grangemellon shows a field that is marked the 'Castlefield', could have been the site of a castle.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 17 December 2007
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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