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Bawn

Cheeverstown, County Dublin, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Bawn, Cheeverstown, County Dublin, 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
Cheeverstown
County
Dublin
Country
Ireland
Coordinates
53.29650, -6.40329
SMR number
DU021-024003-

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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)
  • 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Mc Dix (1897, xxxix, 170) mentions slight traces of a bawn and a well to the W of the castle at Cheeverstown( DU021-024001-). There are no visible surface remains.

References

McDix, E.R. 1897g The lesser castles in the Co. Dublin. 21st article: Deansrath Castle. Irish Builder 39, 178.

McDix, E.R. 1897c The lesser castles in the Co. Dublin. 6th article: Grange. Irish Builder 39, 22.

McDix, E.R. 1897b The lesser castles of county Dublin. 5th article, Irish Builder 39, 12.

McDix, E.R. 1897f The lesser castles in the Co. Dublin. 9th article: Drimnagh. Irish Builder 39, 49-50.

McDix, E.R. 1897e The lesser castles in the Co. Dublin. Irish Builder 39, 129, Roebuck castle.

McDix, E.R. 1897d The lesser castles in the Co. Dublin. 7th article. Irish Builder 39, 36.

McDix, E.R. 1897a Notes on some lesser castles in Co. Dublin. The Irish Builder, 39, 157-8.

Nearby in the register

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

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