Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - tower house
Maryborough, County Laois, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Maryborough
- County
- Laois
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Convent
- Coordinates
- 53.03524, -7.29654
- SMR number
- LA013-041003-
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
Located in the centre of the modern town of Portlaoise, behind the Convent. Circular stone tower house located to the E of the plantation fort (LA013-041001-) and marked on c. 1560 map of Maryborough as being situated within the town walls of the town. This circular stone tower house with base batter survives to full height and is incoporated into a nineteenth century convent that is attached to one side of the circular tower. Evidence of stone corbels indicate floor levels within the interior of the tower. On the 1560 map this stone tower had a two storey gable fronted house with central chimney stack attached to its N face. Small stream ran between the plantation fort and the circular tower and is now represented by the modern road in front of the convent
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 17 December 2007
Nearby in the register
- Town defencesunder 1 mi
- Mill - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Historic townunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.