Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - unclassified
Rathsillagh Upper, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rathsillagh Upper
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.05356, -6.87689
- SMR number
- KD031-015----
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
An undated map of Rathsillagh (NLI Ms. 21.F. 35 (066)) includes the word 'castle' at the location of the present Rathsillagh House. A large two storied outbuilding (L 30m; Wth 15m) with substantial stone walls (av. T 1.5m), now used as a barn, may incorporate the remains of the castle (pers. comm. S. Hickey).
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 7 October 2013
References
NLI, MS 21 - National Library of Ireland, A map of Rathsilagh in the Barony of Narragh & Reban East in the County of Kildare. Names of tenants & acreate of holdings shown. MS 21 F. 35 (066). Dublin
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.