En un regard
Le château en bref
In Moonhall, in the parish of Tiscoffin (barony of Gowran), in the centre of County Kilkenny, only the grassy foundations of a rectangular fortification measuring about 15.7 m by 8.5 m remain. The site lies midway down an east-facing slope, in marshy ground. The walls, of roughly coursed limestone rubble and about 2 m wide, now stand no more than 1.1 m high and have slumped outwards; an annex can be discerned at the western corner. The castle appears on the Down Survey maps of 1655–1656, but the corresponding terrier is lost, so its owner in 1640 remains unknown. To the east and south, earthworks indicate a deserted medieval village, and a "Castle Well" lies about 110 m to the south-west, at the edge of a stream.