Site of Castle

Located in pasture on a slight rise in a level, low-lying landscape, with the canalised N-S Douglas stream c. 60m to the W. It is marked faintly as a two-cell structure on the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. There are no references to a castle here, although the land was owned by Theobald Fitzgerald in 1640 (Simington 1942, 76). Nothing is visible at ground level. Clonea church (WA031-037001-) is c. 240m to the NNE. Simington, R. C. (ed.) (1942) The Civil Survey AD 1654-1656, vi, the County of Waterford. Irish Manuscripts Commission. Dublin. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Waterford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Compiled by: Michael Moore. Date of upload: 25th August, 2011.

A local castle; wider significance not recorded.