What is recorded here

Settlement deserted is a settlement deserted (medieval) in Gortnaskehy (Kilmastulla parish), County Tipperary, Ireland. The Down Survey map indicates the settlement, although its exact position within the townland has not been located. A 1618 Patent Roll describes the associated Ballycolliton holding as a small thatched castle with twenty acres, a town and fields, rented by Daniel and William McEdmond Mc Teige. No earthwork or building trace is visible on the flat pasture now, so the community recorded in that late administrative moment has left no surviving ground form.

Unlocated settlement within townland, settlement indicated 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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