Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Settlement deserted - medieval
Grangefertagh, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Grangefertagh
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.77922, -7.54459
- SMR number
- KK008-047006-
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 Carrigan (1905, 297), the town of Fertagh, 'is said to have been situated in the field between Steepleview House [KK008-048----] and the churchyard [KK08-047002-]. Earthworks associated with settlement were identified on aerial photographs (CUCAP 1968, AYP 2; CUCAP 1968, AVQ 104) and are visible on Digitalglobe (viewed 5 October 2018) to N, S and W of the Augustinian abbey (KK008-047001-).
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 5 October 2018
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
- Tomb - effigialunder 1 mi
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
- Fontunder 1 mi
- Religious house - Augustinian canonsunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.