Clone Castle (in ruins) — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

Clone Castle belongs to the Purcells and now hides beneath the flat parkland of Clone House on the west side of the Nore valley. In 1839 one strongly groined vault still stood, but by 1905 only a small fragment remained visible, and later maps called it merely a site. The castle has not vanished so much as been swallowed by grass, memory and the patience of river land.

In flat parkland of Clone House, on slightly rising land on the W side of the Nore river valley. When described in the OS Letters (1839) all that survived upstanding was, 'One strongly groined vault of the old Castle of Cloone' (O'Flanagan ed. 1930, vol. 1, 89 (30)). Carrigan (1905, vol. 2, 326) notes that a, 'small fragment of Clone Castle, the seat of the Purcells, may still be seen at Clone House', however, on the 1900 revision of the 6-inch OS map the description has changed from 'in ruins' on the 1st (1839) ed. to 'site of'. The castle is not visible at ground level. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 6 February 2018

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