What is recorded here

Nash castle vanished before records completed, leaving only a wide fosse, a well, and Colclough’s name behind. It may have stood as a small defensive house for a wealthy landowner, or it may have crashed into the earth during turmoil and been forgotten. Either way, the land remembered the shape of the moat long after the stones stopped being easy to find.

According to the Civil Survey (1654-6) a ‘decayed castle’ and 360 acres in Nash were owned by Sir Caesar Colclough of Tintern (WX045-027002-) in 1640. He also owned land in every townlnad in Owenduff parish except Corderraun, amounting to 2160 acres in total (Simington 1953, 179). The site of the castle is not known, but according to Jeffrey (1979, 167) it was surrounded by a wide and deep fosse with a well nearby. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 17 October, 2012

Sir Caesar Colclough of Tintern held a 'decayed castle' in Nash around 1640, as recorded in the Civil Survey. His extensive landholdings in the area highlight his local influence in early 17th-century Ireland.

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