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A castle is marked on the Down Survey map at Assagart in Kilgarvan parish in NLI (ms 725; microfilm P 7384m N 6380), but there is no further evidence of it. According to the Civil Survey (1654-6) Robert Haye owned 120 acres at Assagart and 120 acres at Rasillagh (Simington 1953, 88). Its precise location is not known.
See the attached section from the Down Survey (1656-8) parish map (N at right) reproduced courtesy of the National Library of Ireland (Ms 725)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 5 November, 2012
Amended: 10 February, 2014
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
The map shows the centre of the officially named townland area, not the monument. The government record does not identify the exact monument point.