Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Historic town
Carlow,graigue, County Carlow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carlow,graigue
- County
- Carlow
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Carlow
- Latest-edition OS map
- Carlow
- Coordinates
- 52.83635, -6.93241
- SMR number
- CW007-018----
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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
Sited at the confluence of the rivers Burren and Barrow. Earliest charter dates to c. 1223. Its main elements include the castle (CW007-018002-) founded by William Marshall and town defences (CW007-018006-), although no traces of the latter survive. (see CW007-018001- to CW007-018008-)
Compiled by: Claire Breen
Date of upload: 19 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Battlefieldunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Bridgeunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.