County: Tipperary Site name: GRANTSTOWN CASTLE, Kilfeakle
Sites and Monuments Record No.: SMR 59:08901 Licence number: 99E0563
Author: Claire Walsh, Archaeological Projects Ltd.
Site type: Castle - tower house
Period/Dating: Late Medieval (AD 1100-AD 1599)
ITM: E 596751m, N 639747m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.509100, -8.047860
Grantstown Castle is a fine tower-house of probable early 16th-century date, which is on a low bluff some distance north of the village of Kilfeakle, Co. Tipperary. The tower-house has been acquired and will undergo conservation, restoration and adaptation for use as a private dwelling.
The present, limited works involved the excavation of a service trench for a septic tank and pipe. The trench was opened by mechanical excavator using a grading bucket. No deposits of archaeological significance were noted.
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