Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - unclassified
Castlesize, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Castlesize
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Site of Castle
- Latest-edition OS map
- Castle (Site of)
- Coordinates
- 53.26682, -6.67168
- SMR number
- KD014-040----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid 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)
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
According to the OSL (Herity 2002, 46 (141)) '… it is said, there was formerly a Castle, of which, a vestige does not remain now'. On the landscaped grounds of Castlesize house, c. 150m E of the River Liffey. There was no trace of the castle visible in 1985 (SMR file).
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 10 June 2011
References
Herity, M. (ed.) 2002 Ordnance Survey Letters Kildare. Dublin. Four Masters Press.
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Fontunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.