What is recorded here

Indicated is a hidden enclosure in County Laois, marked only by a stone wall and the ghost of a castle that once stood within it. Carrigan wrote of it in 1905, describing a large walled space two or three hundred yards west of a church site, probably the remains of an old building. No surface remains today, but the wall still holds the shape of what was lost.

Reference to a large enclosure surrounded by a stone wall which was probably the site of an old building, perhaps a castle (Carrigan, 1905, 281). No visible surface remains. Described by Carrigan as 'On the Ordnance Map the site of this church is marked "Site of R. C. Chapel" (LA034-017). Two or three hundred yards to the west, there is a large enclosure surrounded by a stone wall, which was probably the site of some old building, perhaps a castle (LA034-016001-)' (Carrigan 1905, vol. 2, 281) Downe Survey Map shows a ruined castle and some cabins. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Laois' (Dublin Stationery Office, 1995) compiled by P. David Sweetman, Olive Alcock and Bernie Moran. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 17 December 2007

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