Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Armorial plaque (present location)
Johnstown (Cadamstown ED), County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Johnstown (Cadamstown ED)
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.40204, -6.85554
- SMR number
- KD004-002----
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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)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. C. Kon: Ireland. a. Prov: Leinster. Counties: 1-12 (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
Built into the gate piers of a school near the centre of Johnstown Bridge village. Two square plaques (dims. c. 0.5m; c. 0.5m) one bearing the coat-of-arms of Gerald, eleventh Earl of Kildare, and the other those of Sidney, Lord Deputy of Ireland; which according to O'Leary (1896-9, 135-8) came from Clonagh castle (KD003-017----) c. 2 miles to the W. The possible original location is designated KD003-017002-.
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 10 June 2011
Nearby in the register
- Architectural fragmentunder 1 mi
- Crossunder 1 mi
- Burialunder 1 mi
- Stone headunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.