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Castle - unclassified

Castlesaunderson Demesne, County Cavan, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Castle - unclassified, Castlesaunderson Demesne, County Cavan, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Castlesaunderson Demesne
County
Cavan
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Castle Saunderson
Latest-edition OS map
Castle Saunderson
Coordinates
54.12658, -7.35925
SMR number
CV011-004001-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1636 · Vltoniae Orientalis Pars (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 4. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Captain Alexander Saunderson reputedly built a house of lime and stone and a bawn accompanied by two flankers, at this site. It was destroyed during the Williamite wars. The present 'Castle Saunderson' is a composite structure dating to the late 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries. (Hill 1872,54-9; Saunderson 1936, 11-12).

The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1995). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.

Date of upload/revision: 22 December 2008

References

Hill, Rev. G. 1877 An historical account of the Plantation of Ulster at the commencement of the seventeenth century, 1608-20. Belfast. McCaw, Stevenson and Orr.

Saunderson, Capt. A. 1936 The Saundersons of Castle Saunderson. London. Privately published.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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