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Located on a slight rise in the floodplain of the W-E River Suir and owned by James Everard in 1640 (Simington 1942, 102). The castle is indicated on the Down Survey (1655-6) map and terrier. Built of limestone rubble, roughly coursed (wall T 1.95m excluding base-base) with an external base-batter (H 2.9m; Wth 0.25m). Only the SW wall (L 10.5m), with one double-splay opening, survives to a height of c. 5m with evidence of a barrel vault NW-SE and four corbels to support a loft level are surviving. At the S end of the wall there are the remains of an internal wall (T 0.9m) projecting towards the SE, possibly the internal wall of an entrance lobby. A datestone (WA002-007002-) which reads 'IFE 1676' refers to Ian Francis Everard and is built into the S wall of a house c. 30m to the NNE. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 13 May 2013

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Glen Castle (in ruins) — Glen Lower (upperthird By.)

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