Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Armorial plaque
Castleforbes Demesne, County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Castleforbes Demesne
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.77159, -7.85142
- SMR number
- LF008-012002-
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
This armorial plaque has been re-set in the wall over the battlemented gateway, which lies to the W of the 19th-century house ‘Castle Forbes’. The plaque, which probably came from the original 17th-century house (LF008-012----), depicts three muzzled bear heads, a rampant griffon and the initials AF and IL. The initials commemorate the original grantee and builder, Sir Arthur Forbes (died 1632) and his wife, Janet Lauder (died post September 1642) (Casey and Rowan 1993, 190).
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 13 June 2013
Nearby in the register
- Bawnunder 1 mi
- Armorial plaqueunder 1 mi
- Dovecoteunder 1 mi
- Wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.