Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - unclassified
Castlefish, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Castlefish
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Castlefish (in Ruins)
- Latest-edition OS map
- Castlefish (Site of)
- Coordinates
- 53.09136, -6.74072
- SMR number
- KD028-056----
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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
In 1837, according to the OSL (Herity 2002, 67 (197)), ‘There are in the Townland of Castlefish, the ruins of an old Castle, which belonged, it is said, to Admiral Fish'. No visible surface traces survived in 1986 (SMR file).
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 14 May 2013
References
Herity, M. (ed.) 2002 Ordnance Survey Letters Kildare. Dublin. Four Masters Press.
Nearby in the register
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Burialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.