Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Dovecote
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
- 53.77127, -7.85125
- SMR number
- LF008-012005-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
Associated with the 17th-century house (LF008-012----) at Castle Forbes that was subsequently incorporated into the present 18th/19th-century house; the dovecote is c. 50m to the W of the house. A square-shaped building (4.8m N-S; 4.8m E-W) with 19th-century battlements; nesting boxes are visible internally (Casey and Rowan 1993, 192). It probably dates from the second quarter of the 17th century.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 18 February 2013
Nearby in the register
- Wellunder 1 mi
- Armorial plaqueunder 1 mi
- Bawnunder 1 mi
- House - 17th centuryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.