Marriage Stone Fragment - Kilshane Demesne

This fragment was rediscovered during works on the 19th C. coach house at Kilshane Demesne Co. Tipperary. The stone has sprial line work on the outer edge with the date 160? and VB : B? underneath. These are likely the initial of the couple who were married. Given the date in the 17th C. it is likely this stone came from a nearby Scelin Castle (TS067-058----) c. 1km to SSW. According to the Civil Survey (1654-6), ‘On the lands of Swyfine in the s[ai]d. Parish [Killshane] stands a castle in good repayre’. By 1840 the castle was no longer standing. The OS Letters (1840) description mentions, ‘a small portion of a stone wall….on the summit of the hill, belongs to a Castle that formerly stood here and was called Caislean Suidh Finn. Kilshane house and assocaited farm buildings where this stone and other Medievil fragments were discovered was built in the 1800's and likely stone from the nearby castle was used in the construction.