Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Settlement deserted - medieval
Harristown, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Harristown
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.14239, -6.67864
- SMR number
- KD029-038001-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
According to Bradley et al (1986 vol. 2, 177-83), a borough was established in Harristown in 1681, possibly on the site of a motte (KD024-028002-), but almost certainly in the vicinity of an existing tower house (KD024-028003-) and church (KD024-028004-). In 1681, Maurice Eustace received a charter from Charles II erecting his lands into the manor of Harristown and incorporating the borough and town of Harristown which was to have a sovereign and twelve burgesses. The borough, which was to contain 100 acres and return two members to parliament (Tickell 1946-63, 310, 316, 319), was short lived and did not survive the Williamite confiscations. No visible surface trace survives.
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 02 July 2012
References
Bradley, J., Halpin, A., and King, H.A. 1986 Urban Archaeological Survey - County Kildare (4 vols.). Unpublished report commissioned by the Office of Public Works, Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Designed landscape - formal gardenunder 1 mi
- Designed landscape - ornamental canalunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.