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Carn Castle situated on a rise, in gently undulating pasture. Levelled castle which stood in the centre of a bawn (WM030-030001-). Holy well (WM030-029----) named ‘Tobernakill’ lies c. 100m to NW, a settlement cluster (WM030-0123----) lies c. 160m to S. Annotated ‘a castle in repaire’ on the Down Survey map of Ballyloughloe parish and described in the terrier of this map as; ‘In Carne there is a castle in repaire’ (NLI, MS 723-4). On this map the castle is depicted as a tower house with a two storey house attached to one side of the tower. In 1641 the castle stood on lands belonging to 'Awly McGawley' who is listed as an 'Irish papist' (ibid.). Depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map as a rectangular-shaped building enclosed by a bawn wall. Monument described in 1973 as no surface remains visible. Levelled castle is not visible today on Digital Globe aerial photography. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 08 November 2019

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Carn Castle — Carnpark

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