Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - ringwork
Rathpiper South, County Laois, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rathpiper South
- County
- Laois
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.84520, -7.56109
- SMR number
- LA028-060002-
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
Situated in undulating countryside. The W half of an enclosure (C c. 75m SW-N) is marked on the 1908 edition of the OS 6-inch map. Remains of an earthen bank (Wth c. 1.8m; int. H c. 0.5m) survive. There was a castle (LA028-060001-) in the interior at N. This castle was known locally as Rathpiper, was associated with Pipard a descendant of Adam de Hereford and stood here as a ruins until 1836 (Carrigan 1905, vol. 2, 6, 71).
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
Nearby in the register
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 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.