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Castle - unclassified

Laraghbryan East, County Kildare, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Castle - unclassified, Laraghbryan East, County Kildare, 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
Laraghbryan East
County
Kildare
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.38242, -6.61407
SMR number
KD005-008----

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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)
  • 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

On level, improved pasture, c. 130m N of a medieval church (KD005-009002-) and graveyard (KD005-009003-), with an enclosure site (KD005-021----) c. 200m to the E. Indicated as 'Ca. Rs.' (Castle Residence) on Taylor's 1783 map of County Kildare, but not recorded on the 1st (1838) or current (1939) eds. of the OS 6-inch map. In 1985, some loose dressed stones, a few with mortar attached, (the result of recent dumping according to the landowner), were noted together with some low linear earthworks running N-S across the field and visible on a 1986 aerial photograph (CUCAP APE 8) (SMR file). There is no longer any visible surface trace of these features. However, traces (noted in 1985) of the fosse of a possible enclosure (KD005-021----) do survive.

Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy

Date of upload: 10 June 2011

References

CUCAP - Cambridge University Collection of Aerial Photographs. Unit for Landscape Modelling, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge. See:https://www.cambridgeairphotos.com

Nearby in the register

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

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