Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Bawn
Castlecolumb, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Castlecolumb
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Castle Columb
- Latest-edition OS map
- Castle Columb
- Coordinates
- 52.49565, -7.20213
- SMR number
- KK031-016001-
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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid 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)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1911 · Sheet 14, 1911 (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
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The National Monuments Service's description
In tillage. A sub-rectangular bawn (dims. c. 74m NE-SW; c. 53m NW-SE at S end, tapering to c. 41m at the N end), visible as a cropmark on satellite imagery (Google Earth, imagery date 24 March 2017; Tailte Éireann, 2001 to 2005 MapGenie) identified and reported by Deon Walsh. Castle Columb Castle, a tower house (KK031-016----), is within the interior, near the W angle, being c. 7m N of the SW line of the bawn and c. 13m E of its NW line.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Nearby in the register
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.