Bawn in Templehouse Demesne

In level pasture, on the N shore of Templehouse Lake. A complex of ruined buildings (SL033-026001-; SL033-026003-; SL033-026004-) roughly arranged around a square area (L c. 40m). Judging by the appearance of the gate-tower (SL033-026003-) in the centre of the N side, the complex was turned into a tower house and bawn arrangement in the 15th/16th century with the 13th-century hall-house (SL033-026001-) converted into the main residential block. By the early 17th century a new residential block (SL033-026004-) was built in the SE corner of the bawn. In the 19th century when the nearby Templehouse country house was built (Bence-Jones 1988, 271) the complex was converted into a farmyard with servants' quarters. The only surviving section of the enclosing bawn wall (H c. 6m; T 1.65m) runs E (L c. 10m) from midway along the E wall of the gate-tower before turning at a right angle to the S (L c. 20m) where it eventually merges with the E wall of the 17th-century house. Midway along this latter section is a 19th-century archway; on the inside face of the keystone of this arch is a carved human head which is probably 15th/16th-century in date.

In level pasture, on the N shore of Templehouse Lake. A complex of ruined buildings (SL033-026001-; SL033-026003-; SL033-026004-) roughly arranged around a square area (L c. 40m). Judging by the appearance of the gate-tower (SL033-026003-) in the centre of the N side, the complex was turned into a tower house and bawn arrangement in the 15th/16th century with the 13th-century hall-house (SL033-026001-) converted…