Shaen Castle (in Ruins) — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

Situated on the summit of a hill is a stone-walled garden, the NW angle has a distinct batter and projects forward from the line of the garden. This section of masonry (3.8m E-W, 3.9m N-S, H 2.8m) is built of roughly coursed limestone blocks and appears to be part of a castle, probably a tower house (JKAS 1909, Vol. VI, 68) which is said to have been destroyed in 1650. Sheela-na-Gig (LA008-013002-) is thought to have come from here (Guest 1936, 117). 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

A local castle; wider significance not recorded.

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