Monroe Castle in ruins — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

Monroe Castle vanished beneath a low rounded hillock in County Tipperary, reducing a fortified home to hidden rubble. A 1654-6 Civil Survey still named it a castle with thatch cabins, proving the stones resisted forgetting even when eyes failed. The castle may have measured twenty-four feet across with walls thicker than a man’s height, large enough to hold fear, hunger and pride. It is not gone, only buried, waiting for rain or rage to reveal the shape of the people who lived there.

Situated on a low rounded hillock in undulating countryside. The OS Letters describe the castle as surviving 24ft (7.3m) in length and measuring 6ft 3 inches (1.8m) thick (O'Flanagan 1930, vol. 3, 13). Described in the Civil Survey (1654-6) as a 'castle and some thatch cabins' (Simington 1934, vol. 2, 139). Not visible at ground level. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Tipperary. Vol. 1 - North Tipperary' compiled by Jean Farrelly and Caimin O'Brien (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 September 2008

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