Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - unclassified
Maine, County Louth, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Maine
- County
- Louth
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 53.88665, -6.36603
- SMR number
- LH015-028----
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 1636 "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
A house at Maine (16) close to the river in Kilsarin parish is marked on the Down Survey (1656-8) barony map, for which see this web-page accessed no 6 May 2016 http://downsurvey.tcd.ie/down-survey-maps.php#bm=Atherdee&c=Louth There is a local tradition of castle in a field known as the 'Pier Field' or 'Cul Cille' (IFC Schools MSS 671. 9, 11), for which wee this web-page accessed on 6 May, 2016http://www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/5008854/4961308 The precise location is not known.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of revision: 17 July 2007
References
IFC Schools' MSS: Irish Folklore Commission Schools' Manuscripts. Department of Folklore. University College, Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Fortificationunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.