Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - unclassified
Farnans, County Laois, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Farnans
- County
- Laois
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- New Castle in ruins
- Latest-edition OS map
- New Castle (in Ruins)
- Coordinates
- 52.89862, -7.07059
- SMR number
- LA031-004001-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 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 on the 1841 and 1906 editions of the OS 6-inch maps. Situated in undulating countryside. No visible surface remains. Destroyed approx. 10 yrs ago. Castle site indicated by a slight rise in the ground, slight evidence of a fosse (Wth 6m) at W, N and NE.
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
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Hilltop enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosure1 mi
- Enclosure1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.