Barntown Castle
Barntown Castle | |
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Alternative name (s): | Caisleán Bhaile to Bharúnaigh |
Castle type : | Niederungsburg (Tower House) |
Conservation status: | ruin |
Standing position : | Irish nobility |
Construction: | Quarry stone |
Place: | Barntown |
Geographical location | 52 ° 20 '16.6 " N , 6 ° 31' 42.2" W |
Height: | 88 m ASLTemplate: height / unknown reference |
Barntown Castle ( Irish Caisleán Bhaile to Bharúnaigh ) is the ruin of a tower house in Barntown , about 5 km west of Wexford in the Irish County Wexford on the main road to New Ross .
These are ruins in the middle of a pasture. A Georgian country house replaced the Niederungsburg as the home of the owner family, currently the Joyce family . The ruins of the castle serve as a shelter for the cattle.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Main Record - County Wexford (Barntown Castle, Barntown, Co. Wexford) . In: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage . Retrieved June 19, 2019.