What is recorded here

Castle is a castle in Growtown Upper, County Wexford, Ireland. It is unclassified because no surviving shape, plan or exact site is recorded for it. Marcus Cheevers held it with 540 acres in 1641, and a later survey called it fair and in good repair. The land may still carry the ghost of its walls, but the castle itself has withdrawn into the gap between what was owned and what can be shown.

According to the Civil Survey (1654-6) a ‘faire castle in good repair’ together with 540 acres at Growtown in Custuffe (Coolstuff) parish were owned by Marcus Cheevers in 1641 (Simington 1953, 100). Its location is not known. See the attached section from the Down Survey (1656-8) parish map (N at right) reproduced courtesy of the National Library of Ireland (Ms 725) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 8 November, 2012

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