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At a glance
- TypeCastle - unclassified
What to look for
- Bawn wall
Picked out from the Archaeological Survey description below.
Can you visit?
- No source says it is open to the public.Most monuments in Ireland stand on private farmland.
- Ask the landowner before crossing fields, close gates, leave the stones as you find them.Visiting responsibly
History and description
The original house of the Crosbies was a long, low and thatched building which faced onto an enclosed bawn. There was a stone tower in the corner of the bawn which was part of an old castle built by the De Cantillons.
Full archaeological record 90 words
The original house of the Crosbies was a long, low and thatched building which faced onto an enclosed bawn. There was a stone tower in the corner of the bawn which was part of an old castle built by the De Cantillons. A new house replaced the thatched building around 1758 and this was further remodelled into a castellated mansion designed by Richard and William Vitruvius Morrison around 1809 (Bence-Jones 1988, 22-3). Burnt during 1921, a wing was recently restored and now forms the centrepiece of a surrounding golf course.
Archaeological Survey of Ireland, National Monuments Service (CC BY 4.0) · Compiled by Matt Kelleher · Updated 19 December 2013. It describes the site as it was when surveyed.
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