Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - unclassified
Archerstown, County Laois, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Archerstown
- County
- Laois
- Country
- Ireland
- SMR number
- LA035-060001-
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The National Monuments Service's description
Unlocated castle within townland that is described by Carrigan as 'The Down Survey Map shows a high, square castle in Rothe's part of Archerstowne, near the southern end of the townland and close to Seskin (Butler). Its site is pointed out in Daniel Fitzpatrick's "Raheens", where there are still traces of ancient mounds and entrenchments' (Carrigan 1905, vol. 2, 310).
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
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.