Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Armorial plaque (present location)
Rochfordstown, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rochfordstown
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.85978, -8.53759
- SMR number
- CO086-001----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
On the wall of a stable, c. 85m SE of the site od a castle (CO085-052----). A stone plaque (CO086-001----) with the coat of arms of Sir Robert Travers, impaled with the arms of his wife Elizabeth Boyle (Cremin 1910, 143-146; Fitzgerald 1910, 196-8), and bearing the date 1630. The stable is part of the farm buildings of Castlewhite House, and probably dates to the 19th century.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
Nearby in the register
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Railway bridgeunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.