Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - unclassified
Walshestown (newbridge Rural Ed), County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Walshestown (newbridge Rural Ed)
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- SMR number
- KD023-022----
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The National Monuments Service's description
Shown on the Down Survey map (1655-6), and marked 'in ruins' on Taylor's map of County Kildare (1783), but not shown on Noble and Keenan's map of the county (1752) or on any edition of the OS mapping. Taylor's map of 1783 shows a structure in ruins standing on the N edge of what appears to be a quarry which is today visible on aerial photographs. No visible surface traces of any castle are visible in this area on the aerial photographs. The precise location of this castle has not been identified.
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Revised by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of revised upload: 17 June 2016