Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
House - fortified house
Altamont, County Carlow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Altamont
- County
- Carlow
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Altimont House
- Latest-edition OS map
- Altamont House
- Coordinates
- 52.73580, -6.72081
- SMR number
- CW013-079----
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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
The following description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Carlow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007
Earliest portion of house distinguishable from later additions (early eighteenth century and later) by massive walls, in which one gun loop is still visible. Walls at N are c. 1m thick, those at S are considerably thicker, possibly to incorporate kitchens said to have been in this part of the house. There are no vaulted ceilings; above basement walls are narrower than those below. House said to have originally faced E (Bence-Jones 1978, 3).
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.