What is recorded here
The following description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Carlow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007
Approximately square platform (c. 48m N-S) enclosed by wet fosse (Wth c. 4m; D 1.4-2m) with causeway (Wth 3.5m) at W. Second, possibly modern entrance at S. Low bank visible outside fosse towards SE corner, not present at S, W or W part of N sides. Known locally as 'The Bawns'. Possibly site of unlocated Down Survey castle (CW015-005----).
See attached:
CW015-004----_01 Google Earth image (imagery date 25 June 2018)
CW015-004----_02 Google Earth image (imagery date 20 March 2019)
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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