Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Settlement deserted - medieval
Cannonsquarter,castlemore,rathbaun, County Carlow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cannonsquarter,castlemore,rathbaun
- County
- Carlow
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.80919, -6.77258
- SMR number
- CW008-033----
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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
A deserted medieval borough known as Castlemore, Forth or Forth O' Nolan. Established c. 1174 on the marriage of Basilia, Strongbow's sister to Raymond le Gros. Second in size only to Carlow but abandoned in late fourteenth/fifteenth centuries. Present remains consist of a large motte and bailey (CW008-033001-) and a graveyard (CW008-033003-), possibly the site of the former parish church (CW008-033002-).
Compiled by: Claire Breen
Date of upload: 19 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Castle - motte and baileyunder 1 mi
- Graveslab (present location)under 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Enclosure - large enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.