What is recorded here

Noan Ho belongs to Henry Laffan in 1640, but the castle itself has vanished from the visible land. What remains is a hidden claim: a little old structure and unfinished stone walls on a slope where the ground still tilts toward the horizon. The place works like a trap for memory, holding its shape beneath grass, water or forgetting while the living world walks past it.

In a demesne on N facing slope of low rising ground with good views to W, N and E with higher ground to S. Nearby ringfort (TS054-041----) 200m to SE and house of possible 17th-century date (TS053-052002-). Castle not visible at ground level. It is mentioned in the Civil Survey (1654-6) when Henry Laffan is listed as proprietor in 1640 and on the lands are mentioned a 'little old Castle with part of the Walls of a stone house not finished' (Simington 1931, vol.1, 106). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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