Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Moated site
Castlewarren, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Castlewarren
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.70000, -7.11195
- SMR number
- KK015-015----
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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)
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
In poorly drained soil, with marsh on all side with ground sloping up to the NW. ‘Castle Warren’ (KK015-014002-) is located 500m to the NNE. A rectangular area, (48m NE-SW, 29m NW-SE), enclosed by low, wide bank (Wth 3m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 0.5m) and external fosse (Wth 3m; D 0.3m). There is no visible trace of an entrance but it may be in the NW quadrant which is obscured by densely overgrown bushes. The monument is divided by a modern field fence, running NW-SE. There are traces of a rectangular building (KK015-015001-) in the interior.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 24 February 2016
Nearby in the register
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Buildingunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Bawnunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.