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Stands near the W-foot of a low spur overlooking the small, NW-flowing, Hartwell River immediately to the W, in an area of good quality, mixed pasture and tillage. The partially levelled and altered remains of a very large area (dims. L 90m ESE-WNW; Wth 46m) are defined by a mortared wall (int. H 4m; T 0.9m) of undressed, roughly coursed shale blocks and flags on the N and E and along the E-half of the S, and by an outer fosse (Wth 3-4m) on the N. A small, square, rubble-filled, projecting corner tower (ext. dims. L 3.9m; Wth 3.7m; int. H 2m; wall T 0.7m) survives at the W end of the N wall. Later stables and farm buildings abut the inner faces of the walls. The enclosed area is bisected on its short axis by the castle (KD019-015----). Conroy (2007, 187-93) suggests the site was a monastic grange belonging to St Thomas' Abbey, from possibly as early as the late-14th c.
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 10 June 2011
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