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Castle - tower house

Sherlockstown, County Kildare, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Castle - tower house, Sherlockstown, 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
Sherlockstown
County
Kildare
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.26331, -6.64620
SMR number
KD014-027----

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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

According Tickell (1960, 379) Hugh de Lacy and his son had a castle at Sherlockstown, while Fitzgerald (1903, 68) records, 'Sir Walter Dongan (inherited) in 1592 (and) was … created a Baronet … in 1623. His Kildare possessions consisted of the Manor of Sherlockstown, containing one castle … .' This castle was probably a tower house which may subsequently have been incorporated into Sherlockstown House, described by Bence-Jones (1978, 259) as, 'a long, irregular, slightly castellated house (with a) tower-like centre.' On landscaped grounds c. 100m S of a medieval church and graveyard (KD014-042----).

Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy

Date of upload: 10 June 2011

References

Tickell, E. F. 1960 The Eustace Family and their lands in County Kildare, Part 3. Journal of the Kildare Archaeological Society 13, 364-413.

Bence-Jones, M. 1978 Burke's Guide to Country Houses: Volume 1 Ireland. London. Burke's Peerage Ltd.

Nearby in the register

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

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