Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - unclassified
Hurlstone, County Louth, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Hurlstone
- County
- Louth
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.82981, -6.56825
- SMR number
- LH017-042----
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 castle at Hurlestowne (63) in Smermer parish is depicted on the Down Survey (1656-8) barony map close to the boundary with Purcellstowne, for which see this web-page accessed on 9 May, 2016 http://downsurvey.tcd.ie/down-survey-maps.php#bm=Atherdee&c=Louth. There is a local tradition of castle which was reputed to be a Taffe caslte (Boylan 1948). Its precise location is not known.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload/revision: 9 May 2016
References
Boylan, T. 1948 Miscellanea: Athclare Castle. County Louth Archaeological and Historical Society Journal, 11, 314.
Tempest, H. G. 1948 Cussack's Cross and Hurlestown Castle. County Louth Archaeological and Historical Society Journal, 11, 4, 314.
Nearby in the register
- Holed stoneunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.