Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Inscribed stone
Turnings Upper, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Turnings Upper
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.28738, -6.62064
- SMR number
- KD014-023003-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
At the base of a gate pier attached to Turnings House, a heavily rendered, three storied, five-bayed structure, built in the early-18th century, according to the owner. A small rectangular plaque (dims. L 0.33m; H 0.22m) is dated 1711. There is a second 18th century date stone (KD014-023004-) on a pier at a nearby farm road. The house incorporates two fine, late-15th century, decorated windows (KD014-023001- and KD014-023002-).
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 10 June 2011
Nearby in the register
- Architectural featureunder 1 mi
- Architectural featureunder 1 mi
- Inscribed stoneunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.