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Present remains consist of a square shaped area or bawn (WM001-031----) enclosed by stone wall originally defended by four circular-shaped corner towers of which only three now survive upstanding at SW, NW and NE angles. The interior of the bawn was entered through a gateway now destroyed on the E side. A square-headed doorway in S wall of stables built on the line of S wall of the bawn has two scroll brackets with date stone 1813, the brackets possibly dates from the late 17th or early 18th century and may have originally come from Carlanstown Castle.
Post-1700 farm buildings and farmyard occupies the interior of the bawn. Carlanstown House a multi-period structure stands along the line of the destroyed S wall of the bawn. No visible remains of 17th-century Carlanstown Castle or fortified house which may have stood in the S half of the bawn (WM001-031----) where the post-1700 farm buildings now stand.
Compiled and revised by: Caimin O’Brien
Date of revised upload: 17 November 2017
This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed.
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