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On an impressive outcrop of limestone which stands at a height of 1m over present ground level, at the rear of Mr. Michael Cahill's public house (Castle View), on the E side of Carrick Street. There was a chapel (TS063-071004-) c. 30m to the SE. By tradition this castle is ascribed to the Knights Templar (Cairns 1987, 14). A strong rectangular two-storey structure (ext. dims. 17.30m E-W x 13.50m N-S; int. dims. 12.20m E-W x 8.85m N-S), of roughly coursed limestone rubble (wall T 1.5m above the base-batter) with roughly cut quoins, no cut stone utilised in the construction of the building. The substantial base-batter (H 3.5m; Wth 1.4m) has been robbed-out on all sides. There is a small stair turret (dims. 3m square) at the NW angle which is obscured by thick ivy growth. The N, E, and S walls survive to their full height while the W wall stands only to first-floor level. The SW corner has collapsed leaving the upper masonry of the western end of the S wall hanging precariously and there are several large breaches in the corresponding ivy-clad N wall. The hall-house was entered through a round-headed door embrasure centrally placed in the E wall at first-floor level. The arch is composed of rough wedge-shaped voussoirs with impressions of plank-centering on the soffit. The first-floor was lit by large round-headed windows and rested on a timber floor. The ground floor was lit by rectangular loops in the N and S walls. The deep, straight-sided window embrasures are in very poor condition. The interior is filled with rubble, debris and dead foliage, the build-up of which obscures the ground-floor masonry. The roof was contained within the side walls of the hall-house. On the upper part of the internal face of the E wall there is an internally projecting course and c. 1m above this there are three corbels spaced along the wall with a line of beam-holes above. Externally, below the top of the wall, there are a series of large beam-holes along each wall.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
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