Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Settlement deserted - medieval
Castletown (galmoy By.), County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Castletown (galmoy By.)
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.80407, -7.60646
- SMR number
- KK003-004----
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
In marshy land on a valley floor. Associated with the castle (KK003-004001-) and bawn (KK003-004002-) of Castletown. In 1548, Richard Archdeacon, also called McCode [Cody] , was involved in a suit against Baron John Grace, concerning the manor town of Castletown, in Galmoy (Carrigan 1905, vol. 2, 285-6). Aerial photographs (CUCAP, AIG 22, 23) taken in 1963 indicate a number of linear earthworks in the field immediately S and W of the castle and bawn. Some of these may be related to drainage activity, however, some may relate to the medieval settlement at Castletown.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 9 September 2015
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
- Bawnunder 1 mi
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Buildingunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.