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Castle - unclassified

Ballinree, County Carlow, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Castle - unclassified, Ballinree, County Carlow, 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
Ballinree
County
Carlow
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Ballinree Castle in ruins
Latest-edition OS map
Ballinree Castle (in Ruins)
Coordinates
52.64591, -6.85907
SMR number
CW019-035----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (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 14, 1904 (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)

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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

Marked (in ruins)' on 1839 OS 6-inch map and on 1908 OS 25-inch map. According to ITA Survey (1945), projecting tower at NE angle contained partly spiral, partly straight stairs, originally with wide, segmental-arched windows, subsequently blocked to create narrow opes (wall T c 1.8m). Ground floor of three vaulted chambers; one large, two small. Walls of irregular granite boulders, with slight batter. Embrasure and three vaults suggest similarity to Rathnageeragh (CW020-004001-). Pile of rubble on site.

Nearby in the register

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

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