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Castle - tower house

Barretstown, County Kildare, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Castle - tower house, Barretstown, 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
Barretstown
County
Kildare
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Barretstown Castle
Coordinates
53.15325, -6.59736
SMR number
KD024-029----

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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

In extensively landscaped grounds, attached to a two storied ‘slightly Ruskinian Gothic Victorian addition’ (Bence-Jones 1978, 33). The four storied tower house is rectangular in plan (int. 6.8m E-W; 4.5m N-S; wall T 1.3m) and has been completely modernised. Original floor levels have been altered, the crenelations, arrow loops (some false), and arched windows are all reconstructions, and the exterior is pebble-dashed. Its last private owner, Mr. W. G. Weston, presented it to the State which subsequently leased the castle and grounds to the Barretstown Gang Camp Fund, an organisation helping sick children. (Killanin and Duignan 1967, 102; CUCAP 1967 ATA 74)

Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy

Date of upload: 4 July 2012

References

Killanin, M.M. and Duignan, M.V. 1967 (2nd ed.) The Shell guide to Ireland. London. The Ebury Press.

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

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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