What is recorded here

Irish castle at Whitemill South, County Wexford, recorded in a Down Survey map from 1655 to 1656. It may have been a residence, a watchpost or a boundary marker, but no surviving description explains its shape or purpose. The castle has vanished from memory, leaving only a line on an old map and a gap where its stones should stand.

A castle at Whietmill is marked on a Down Survey map of St. Peter’s parish (1655-6) (NLI, ms 715, V, 1; microfilm P7384, N6380). There are no other references to such a castle, and the exact location of this monument is unknown. See the attached section from the Down Survey parish map (N at bottom) reproduced courtesy of the National Library of Ireland (Ms 725) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 20 December, 2012

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