Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - unclassified
Paughanstown (Ardee by; Kildemmock par.), County Louth, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Paughanstown (Ardee by; Kildemmock par.)
- County
- Louth
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not idicatated
- Coordinates
- 53.83159, -6.47782
- SMR number
- LH017-096----
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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 Faughanstowne (49) in Kildemock parish close to the boundary with Racoolle is marked on Down Survey (1656-8) barony map, for which see this web-page accessed on 6 May, 2016 http://downsurvey.tcd.ie/down-survey-maps.php#bm=Atherdee&c=Louth MacIvor (1950, 120) contends that it was on the S side of a lane leading to a farmhouse, but the precise location is not known.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of revision: 6 May 2016
References
MacIvor Rev. D. 1950 Townland Survey of County Louth. Journal of the County Louth Archaeological and Historical Society Vol. 12, 117-22.
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.