placenamesNewcastle
An Caisleán Nua
Lewis reported a stone-lined burial discovery on the southern side of this Waterford parish.
The name
These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.
An element’s translation is a clue, rather than a complete explanation of the name. Its form and meaning depend on local history and the full Irish name.
Recorded forms
- An Caisleán Nua · Irish · main form · validated name
- Newcastle · English · main form
Place & story
A discovery described in 1837
Samuel Lewis’s 1837 account of Newcastle parish in Waterford reported a stone-lined burial beneath a cairn near Knockaderry, towards the parish’s southern boundary. He described human bones within it, some appearing to have been burnt. The entry also mentioned a passage in solid rock nearby, but supplied no discovery date or measured plan. These observations survive as an antiquarian report, rather than a modern excavation record. Lewis’s proposed connection between the passage and druids does not establish its function, and the burial’s period cannot be determined from his brief account alone. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Waterford
- Barony
- Decies-without-Drum
- Barony
- Middlethird
- Coordinates
- 52.22010, -7.30973
- Mapped area
- 16.62 km²
- Logainm ID
- 2417 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Newcastle. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Newcastle (Waterford), A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.