DDiscover AloneMapAbout

Castle in Oldcastle, County Tipperary (TN017-050001-)

Castle, Anglo-Norman masonry castle

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.

Official monument number
TN017-050001-
What do you know about this place?Tap to add a comment or ask a question

What you write will be public.

What is recorded here

Located on a natural hillock which appears to have been scarped to the N and W to give a steeper profile. The immediate terrain at the base of the hillock is wet and marshy. The ground level rises to the W and NE. The site consists of a roughly square-shaped mound or possible ringwork (TN017-050002-) delimited by a…

Read the whole record
Located on a natural hillock which appears to have been scarped to the N and W to give a steeper profile. The immediate terrain at the base of the hillock is wet and marshy. The ground level rises to the W and NE. The site consists of a roughly square-shaped mound or possible ringwork (TN017-050002-) delimited by a stone wall or bawn, best preserved in the NW and SW angles and along the S side of the site where it forms a revetment for the mound. The wall (int. H 2m; ext. H 3.4m; T 1m) is composed of roughly coursed sandstone rubble with quartz inclusions, utilising both flat and rounded boulders. No visible remains of the long rectangular building indicated on the 1901-5 OS 6-inch map along the interior of the bawn on the S side. A possible structure in the NW angle of the site appears as collapsed walling in a roughly horseshoe shape. The Civil Survey (1654-6) describes this as 'a stumpe of a castle' (Simington 1931, vol. 1, 7). Vol. 1 - North Tipperary' compiled by Jean Farrelly and Caimin O'Brien (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record TN017-050001

Places near here

Photo credits
  • Maker not stated on source page, en.wikipedia.org
  • Maker not stated on source page, heritageireland.ie
  • Maker not stated on source page, commons.wikimedia.org
  • Maker not stated on source page, uk.pinterest.com
  • Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Maker not stated on source page, archaeology.co.uk
  • Maker not stated on source page, pixels.com
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.tripadvisor.com
Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Boola (bourney Par.)Fairy fort / earthen ringfort · 574 yd

Explorer Tom Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Boola is listening to the cattle gossip through its walls. It’s been levelled into a…

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Rathnaveoge UpperFairy fort / earthen ringfort · 800 yd

Explorer Tom This ringfort in Rathnaveoge has a rivalry with every other fort in Tipperary, mostly over who has better brambles. It…

Earthwork in Boola (bourney Par.)Earthwork · 870 yd

Explorer Tom Earthwork in Boola has strong opinions about modern buildings, specifically that they’re all too tall and not round…

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Boola (corbally Par.)Fairy fort / earthen ringfort · 1.1 mi

Explorer Tom Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Boola has a secret talent for looking exactly like a very lazy sheep. Quarrying…

Rathnaveoge Church (in Ruins), Grave YardGraveyard · 1.1 mi

Explorer Tom Rathnaveoge Church Graveyard in Rathnaveoge Lower is perched on a hill and has a wall that looks like it’s trying to…

Bawn in BallynakillBawn · 1.4 mi

Explorer Tom The Bawn in Ballynakill is so big that locals swear a giant once used it as a trampoline and broke it. It’s basically a…

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in HoneymountFairy fort / earthen ringfort · 1.4 mi

Explorer Tom Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Honeymount handles nosey neighbours by just ignoring them completely until they get…

Fairy fort / ringfort in Clashagad LowerFairy fort / ringfort · 1.6 mi

Explorer Tom This fairy fort in Clashagad Lower is just a shadow on the map, dreaming of a lotto win. It’d buy a hat and pretend to…

Hollywell MillMill (water) · 1.6 mi

Explorer Tom Hollywell Mill in Summerhill hears the ghosts of old industrial workers complaining about the lack of air conditioning…

Earthwork in LisglenbehaEarthwork · 1.7 mi

Explorer Tom Earthwork in Lisglenbeha got lost looking for itself because the Vikings took a wrong turn and never came back to fix…

CastleCastle, unclassified · 1.9 mi

Explorer Tom Castle in Castleroan would write on its dating profile 'looking for someone who doesn’t mind being invisible', and…

Ballynamoe Castle (in Ruins)House, indeterminate date · 2.0 mi

Explorer Tom Ballynamoe Castle has an imaginary twin across the sea that sends it postcards every year about how much better the…

More castles and forts in County Tipperary · All of County Tipperary

Add to this placeAdd a picture Add a detailed tip Add a story

Explore the map1,095,414 places to discover

Next place · or swipeFairy fort / earthen ringfort in Boola (bourney Par.)