Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - unclassified
Graney West, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Graney West
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.90176, -6.79224
- SMR number
- KD040-042----
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Shown on 5 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
Located downstream from the nunnery founded by Walter de Ridlesford c. 1200 (KD040-015----). It was levelled prior to 1783, but until recently the ruins were used as a source of building material (FitzGerald 1914, 380-1). If it was not situated on the N side of the river (Graney West townland), it may have been on the S side, which would place it in Coltstown townland. The nearby mill (KD040-043----) contains three pieces of mouldings from either the nunnery or the castle.
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
References
FitzGerald Lord W. 1912-14 The Priory, or Nunnery, of Graney, County Kildare. Journal of the Kildare Archaeological Society 7, 373-81.
Nearby in the register
- Mill - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- House - 17th centuryunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Architectural fragmentunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.