Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - unclassified
Rathpiper South, County Laois, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rathpiper South
- County
- Laois
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Site of Castle
- Latest-edition OS map
- Castle (Site of)
- Coordinates
- 52.84545, -7.56079
- SMR number
- LA028-060001-
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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
Marked within N half of enclosure (LA028-060002-) on the 1908 edition of the OS 6-inch map. The castle known locally as Rathpiper, was associated with Pipard a descendant of Adam de Hereford stood here as a ruins until 1836 (Carrigan 1905, vol. 2, 6, 71). No visible surface remains. No upstanding remains of castle. Some rubble stone in the area.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Laois' (Dublin Stationery Office, 1995) compiled by P. David Sweetman, Olive Alcock and Bernie Moran. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 17 December 2007
References
Carrigan, Rev. W. 1905 (Reprint 1981) The history and antiquities of the diocese of Ossory, 4 vols. Kilkenny. Roberts Books and Wellbrook Press.
Nearby in the register
- Castle - ringworkunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.