What is recorded here

Nicholastown in County Kilkenny, Ireland, may still hold a castle, but no visible marker or exact point remains for it. The Down Survey map from 1655-6 placed one there, while later maps dropped it, leaving the building reduced to a line on old paper. It is the kind of lost house that provokes imagination because the facts stop short of showing where it stood.

A castle is indicated on the Down Survey (1655-6) map in the townland of Nicholastown. The castle is not indicated on the 1st (1839) ed. OS 6-inch map or the 1899 revision. The precise location of the castle within the townland is unknown. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 17 May 2017

The castle in Nicholastown was likely built during the medieval period, though the specific builder is not recorded. Its importance lies in its inclusion on the Down Survey map from 1655-56, indicating it was a notable landmark at that time.

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