Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Castletown (Slievemargy By.), County Laois, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Castletown (Slievemargy By.)
- County
- Laois
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.91612, -7.03785
- SMR number
- LA026-011004-
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5 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)
- 1942 · Sheet 349 - Third Edition (Layered) - Ordnance Survey of Ireland, One inch to the mile… (National Library of Scotland)
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The National Monuments Service's description
Castletown was the manorial centre of Ui Buidhe (Oboy), which was the pre-Norman territory given to Robert de Bigarz by Strongbow before 1176 (Orpen 1911-20, iii, 105). After 1245 it passed to William de Cantilupe and was obtained by John de Hastings in 1283. (Sweetman 1875-86, ii, no. 2107). In 1348 the Earl of Pembroke received 30s. yearly from the burgesses of Castletown and returns from the hundred of the town. (PRO1916, 128). There is no mention of Castletown after 1348 until the late-sixteenth century.
Circular enclosure (approx. diam c. 40m) indicated on current edition of the OS 6-inch map has been levelled with no surface remains visible (Urban Survey 1986, 20). Church site (LA026-011002-) and graveyard (LA026-011003-) located 170m to the N and motte and bailey(LA026-011001-) located 220m to the E.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 17 December 2007
Nearby in the register
- Settlement deserted - medievalunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Castle - motte and baileyunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.