What is recorded here
The Civil survey (1654-6) describes the walls of an old castle at the Ward, held by Sir James Ware (Simington 1945, 235). This may have been formerly located where Ward House is situated just NE of the medieval parish church (DU011-039----). Austin Cooper's in 1779 describes the remains of an 'old castle. It is nothing more than the lower storey....built of small flat stones and is in a ruinous condition. The door is at one end opposite a window and the left corner as you enter a Gothic door which leads to the Orchard where there are pieces of other stone walls'. There are remains of an orchard to the rear of the present Ward House but no visible remains of a castle.
The Civil survey (1654-6) describes the walls of an old castle at the Ward, held by Sir James Ware (Simington 1945, 235). This may have been formerly located where Ward House is situated just NE of the medieval parish church (DU011-039----). Austin Cooper's in 1779 describes the remains of an 'old castle. It is nothing more than the lower storey....built of small flat stones and is in a ruinous condition. The…
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record DU011-068
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