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Castle - unclassified

Threecastles, County Kilkenny, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Castle - unclassified, Threecastles, 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
Threecastles
County
Kilkenny
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.71286, -7.32425
SMR number
KK014-025002-

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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 a prominent E-W ridge running along the S bank of the River Nore. The slight elevation gives a commanding view across the Nore valley in all directions and over a crossing point of the river.
Carrigan (ibid. 268) refers to a castle which, 'stood 30 or 40 yards to the north [of the medieval church KK014-025003-], till it was thrown down 90 or 100 years ago [c. 1800], and the present Rectory house erected on the site. According to Gibb (1948, 26), the lower storey of the castle forms the cellars of the Rectory.

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.

Gibb, J. S. 1948 A tour of the Upper Nore. Old Kilkenny Review 1, 25-30.

Nearby in the register

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

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