Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Mountloftus, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Mountloftus
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.60507, -6.98500
- SMR number
- KK025-022002-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid 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)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1904 · Sheet 14, 1904 (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
- 1911 · Sheet 14, 1911 (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
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The National Monuments Service's description
According to O'Kelly (1969, 88) there is a tradition that Drumroe Castle (KK025-022001-) was 'erected on a rath'. On the 1st (1839) ed. OS map there is a roughly circular ring of trees (diam. c. 30m) enclosing the castle. Satellite imagery only shows the castle, with no indication of an outer enclosing element.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 1 March 2022
References
O'Kelly, O. 1969 (Reissue 1985) The place-names of County Kilkenny. Kilkenny.
Nearby in the register
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy/saint's stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.