Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - tower house
Allardstown (Louth by), County Louth, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Allardstown (Louth by)
- County
- Louth
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 53.94799, -6.46862
- SMR number
- LH011-116----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1636 · Vltoniae Orientalis Pars (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
A castle at this point in Killincoole parish is indicated (18) on the Down Survey (1656-8) barony map, for which see this web-page accessed on 26 April, 2016. http://downsurvey.tcd.ie/down-survey-maps.php#bm=Louth&c=Louth Its precise location cannot be identified, but a house at Grange in this general area is depicted here on the Taylor and Skinner map (P 260).
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 26 April 2016
References
Taylor and Skinner 1778 (Reprint 1969) Maps of the Roads of Ireland. Shannon. Irish University Press.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Cistunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.