Site of Bawn Castle — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

Bawn Castle stood on a natural rise with clear views in every direction, but no wall, hall or roof remains visible there today. In 1654 the Civil Survey still found old castle walls rising from the Bawne lands, while O'Donovan later measured a fragmentary stretch no taller than three metres and half. The Countesse of Ormond held the place in 1640, yet the castle itself has given up almost everything but its name and the shape of the ground.

Situated on a natural rise of ground with good views in all directions. Described by O'Donovan (O'Flanagan 1930, vol. 3, 121) as the 'fragmentary remains of the wall (H 3.5m; L 12m) of an old castle'. Described in the Civil Survey (1654-6) in the townland 'Of Bawne in this Parish' …'Upon the sd lands standeth the Walls of an old Castle & noe other buildings', which in 1640 was in the proprietorship of 'The Countesse of Ormond English Protestant' (Simington 1934, vol.2, 251). Same site as TN020-092001-/02-. No visible remains at ground level. 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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