What is recorded here

Settlement deserted is a settlement deserted (medieval) in Gortnaskehy (Kilmastulla parish), County Tipperary, Ireland. The 1618 Patent Roll recorded a small thatched castle, twenty acres and associated town and fields at Ballycolliton. The settlement is now unlocated within its townland, and no visible earthwork or building remains on the flat pasture.

Unlocated within townland, settlement depicted within townland on Down Survey Map. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Tipperary. Vol. 1 - North Tipperary' compiled by Jean Farrelly and Caimin O'Brien (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 September 2008

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