Barntown Castle

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Barntown Castle
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 Coordinates: 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

  1. Main Record - County Wexford (Barntown Castle, Barntown, Co. Wexford) . In: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage . Retrieved June 19, 2019.