Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
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Threecastles,threecastles Demesne, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Threecastles,threecastles Demesne
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.71368, -7.32292
- SMR number
- KK014-025001-
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
There was a fording point over the River Nore, according to Carrigan (1905, vol. 2, 55) it was, 'a little to the north of Three Castles Bridge'. The presence of a fording point would have made this a strategic location for the motte (KK014-025005-) which is located on the prominent ridge immediately S of the river, c. 200m SE of the ford.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 20 May 2020
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
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.