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Castle - motte

Castlemarket, County Kilkenny, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Castle - motte, Castlemarket, County Kilkenny, 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
Castlemarket
County
Kilkenny
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Castle (Site of)
Coordinates
52.85282, -7.32393
SMR number
KK001-006002-

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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)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (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

On the S bank of the Ouveg River. An oval earthwork (dims. c. 27m NW-SE; c. 18m NE-SW) is depicted on the 1st (1839) ed. OS 6-inch map with '(Site of) Castle' in Gothic script beside it. According to Carrigan (1905, vol. 2, 113), the 'castle [KK001-006001-] stood beside a high moat in a field called "the Kruckawn" or "Old Castle," close to Castlemarket bridge. It formerly belonged to the Earls of Ormond. It was destroyed, together with the adjoining moat, about 1800'. The motte is not visible at ground level.

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of upload: 25 April 2016

References

Carrigan, Rev. W. 1905 (Reprint 1981) The history and antiquities of the diocese of Ossory, 4 vols. Kilkenny. Roberts Books and Wellbrook Press.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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