What is recorded here
A castle is marked on the Down Survey map of Bishopscourt and kilcarragh parish (1655-6) at Bishopscourt, and it is described in the terrier as the walls of a castle. It remains unlocated, but is thought to have been a summer residence of the Bishiop of Waterford (Power 1906, 33). It remains unlocated.
Power, Rev. P. (1906) The place-names of the Decies WAJ 9, 12-39, 80-106, 154-70, 228-65.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 08 June 2011
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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